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woollen

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wool·len  (wln)
adj. & n.
Variant of woolen.
woollen or US woolen
Adjective
1. made of wool or of a mixture of wool and another material
2. relating to wool: woollen mills
Noun
woollens woollen clothes, esp. knitted ones
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.woollen - a fabric made from the hair of sheep
wool, woolen
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
tweed - thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland
Adj.1.woollen - of or related to or made of wool; "a woolen sweater"
woolen
Translations
Spanish woollen, woolen (US) [ˈwulən] adj → de lana
n woollens → géneros mpl de lana
French woollen (US), woolen [ˈwulən] wool adj → de or en laine; [industry] → lainier/ière
n woollens → lainages mpl
German woollen (US) woolen [ˈwulən] wool adj [hat] → Woll-, wollen
Italian woollen (US), woolen [ˈwulən] adj → di lana
n woollens → indumenti mpl di lana
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She had round red arms, a dress of some sober woollen stuff, and a brass brooch the size of a cheese-cake stuck in the front of it.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Likewise, have you any woollen stockings to wear, and warm clothes generally?
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
And therefore, let not the knights of that honorable company (none of whom, I venture to say, have ever had to do with a whale like their great patron), let them never eye a Nantucketer with disdain, since even in our woollen frocks and tarred trowsers we are much better entitled to st.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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