wool
wool / woŏl/ • n. 1. the fine soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, esp. when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn. ∎ yarn or textile fiber made from such hair: carpets made of 80 percent wool and 20 percent nylon 2. a thing resembling such hair in form or texture, in particular: ∎ the soft underfur or down of some other mammals: beaver wool. ∎ a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibers: lead wool.PHRASES: pull the wool over someone's eyes deceive someone by telling untruths.DERIVATIVES: wool·like / -ˌlīk/ adj.ORIGIN: Old English wull, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wol and German Wolle, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lana ‘wool,’ vellus ‘fleece.’
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