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Definition of lint noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lint

noun

NAmE//lɪnt//

[uncountable]

1small soft pieces of wool, cotton, etc. that stick on the surface of cloth

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2(technology) short fine fibers that come off the surface of cloth when it is being made

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