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wool

Pronunciation: /wʊl/

The English word “wool” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
  2. A cloth or yarn made from such hair.
  3. Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool.
  4. A dingy white color inspired by the natural shade of wool.
  5. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
  6. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  7. Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.
  8. A woolly back; a resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.
  9. A marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine.

Etymology

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ull, Danish uld; also Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, Russian во́лос…

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