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.
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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.
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Synonyms:
adjective
Of wool or woolen goods.
Webster's New World
other

(cloth or yarn): felt, tweed, worsted.

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pronoun

A town in Dorset, England.

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Other Word Forms of Wool

Noun

Singular:
wool
Plural:
wools

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Origin of Wool

  • 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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