Wool

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Noun

wool (uncountable)

1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
2. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
3. Anything with a texture like that of wool.

Derived terms

• cotton wool
• mineral wool
• pull the wool over someone's eyes
• wire wool
• woollen, woolly
• woolly, wooly

Translations

hair of sheep, etc

Breton: gloan m -eier / -où plural Dutch: wol m Esperanto: lano French: laine f German: Wolle m Indonesian: wol Interlingua: lana

Italian: lana f Japanese: ウール (ūru) Mongolian: ноос (noos) Polish: wełna f Portuguese: lã f Spanish: lana f Turkish: yün

cloth or yarn

Breton: gloanaj m -où plural, gloanenn f -où plural French: laine f

German: Wolle m Italian: lana f

anything with a texture like that of wool

Adjective

wool (no comparative or superlative)

1. Made of wool.

Synonyms

• woollen, woolen

Translations

made of wool See woollen, woolen

See also

• Wikipedia article on wool