Wool Definition
wo͝ol
noun
The soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep.
Webster's New World
The hair of some other animals, as the goat or llama, having a similar texture.
Webster's New World
Yarn spun from the fibers of such fleece, esp. the fleece of sheep.
Webster's New World
Cloth, clothing, etc. made of this yarn.
Webster's New World
Short, thick, curly or crisp human hair.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- woollen
- woolen
- fleece
- llama
- botany wool
- vicuna
- mineral wool
- glass-wool
- vicuña
- alpaca
- Australian wool
- German wool
- Berlin wool
- shetland wool
- angora wool
adjective
Of wool or woolen goods.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Wool
Noun
Singular:
wool
Plural:
woolsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wool
- all wool and a yard wide
- pull the wool over someone's eyes
Origin of Wool
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Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō (compare Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull), from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚wĺ̥h₁nehâ‚‚ (compare Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian волос (volоs), Bulgarian влас (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece")).
From Wiktionary
Middle English wolle from Old English wull
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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