Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made or consisting of wool.
- adjective Of or relating to the production or marketing of woolen goods.
- noun Fabric or clothing made from wool.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of wool; consisting of wool: as, woolen cloth.
- Of or pertaining to wool: as, woolen manufactures.
- Clad in the rough, homespun serges of former times, as opposed to the silk, velvet, and fine linen of the wealthier classes; hence, coarse; boorish; rustic; vulgar.
- noun Cloth made of wool, or chiefly of wool: an abbreviation of
woolen cloth .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.
- adjective Made of wool; consisting of wool.
- adjective Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths
- adjective a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US Made of
wool . - noun An item of clothing made from
wool
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or related to or made of wool
- noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep
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Examples
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Here he wore linen and sipped tepid water, longing for a night spent tucked up by the fire, wrapped in woolen blankets and sipping a proper cup of tea.
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Here he wore linen and sipped tepid water, longing for a night spent tucked up by the fire, wrapped in woolen blankets and sipping a proper cup of tea.
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As if to acknowledge the significance of the lime catalyst, they call the woolen pouches in which they carry the sacred leaves kuétan yáha, not coca but lime bags.
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As if to acknowledge the significance of the lime catalyst, they call the woolen pouches in which they carry the sacred leaves kuétan yáha, not coca but lime bags.
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In our own Kangra mission we started to produce teazel, which is that spiky plant used in woolen mills for "teazing" woolen cloth.
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He cut the half-woven woolen from the loom and threw the mingled mass of cloth and yarn in a pile in a corner of the room.
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"Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent.
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"Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent.
From Bohemia to the battlefields and back again, our dainty heroine describes her adventures
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Adventurers "to carry on trade in English woolen cloth, or sent John
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If the weather is not too cold, and if the animal is in a comfortable stable, the following method may be tried: Have a tub of hot water handy to the stable door; soak a woolen blanket in the water, then quickly wring as much water as possible out of it and wrap it around the chest.
bilby commented on the word woolen
See also woollen. It's thicker.
October 31, 2008