- the soft hair that covers the body of sheep and some other animals
- Sheep were kept for their wool and meat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thick
- fine
- soft
- …
- ball
- skein
- produce
- spin
- card
- …
- merchant
- trade
- shop
- …
- long, thick thread made from animal’s wool, used for knitting (= making clothing with wool using two long needles or a machine)
- 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
- …
- cloth made from animal’s wool, used for making clothes, etc.
- 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
See wool in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee wool in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishpull 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
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