wool
noun /wʊl/
/wʊl/
[uncountable]Idioms - Sheep were kept for their wool and meat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
- …
- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
- …
- merchant
- trade
- shop
- …
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- a ball of wool
- I bought knitting wool for a cardigan.
- She’s knitting a jumper in pure wool.
- She spun wool by hand to weave into clothing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
- …
- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
- …
- merchant
- trade
- shop
- …
- This scarf is 100% wool.
- pure new wool
- a wool blanket/sweater
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
- …
- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
- …
- merchant
- trade
- shop
- …
see also cotton wool, dyed in the wool, lambswool, steel wool
Word OriginOld English wull, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wol and German Wolle, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lana ‘wool’, vellus ‘fleece’.
Idioms
pull the wool over somebody’s eyes
- (informal) to hide your real actions or intentions from somebody by making them believe something that is not true