wool

US: /ˈwʊɫ/

UK: /wˈʊl/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

wool /wul/
  • danh từ
    • len; lông cừu, lông chiên
      • ball of wool: cuộn len
      • raw wool: len sống
    • hàng len; đồ len
      • the wool trade: nghề buôn bán len, mậu dịch len
    • hàng giống len
    • (thông tục) tóc dày và quăn
    • to lose one's wool
      • (thông tục) nổi giận
    • much cry and little wool
      • (xem) cry
    • to pull the wool over a person's eye
      • lừa ai

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun [U]
1 the soft fine hair that covers the body of sheep, goats and some other animals
2 long thick thread made from animal's wool, used for knitting: a ball of wool
3 fabric made from animal's wool, used for making clothes, etc: This scarf is 100% wool. + pure new wool + a wool coat / blanket
See also - COTTON WOOL, DYED IN THE WOOL, LAMBSWOOL, STEEL WOOL, WIRE WOOL
Idioms see PULL v.

Collocation

ADJ.

chunky, thick | fine | soft | rough | pure | raw | lamb's, sheep's | knitting | cotton, mineral, steel, wire

QUANT.

ball, skein

VERB + WOOL

produce | knit sth in, spin, weave (sth in)
She's knitting a jumper in pure wool.
| card, comb

WOOL + NOUN

merchant, shop, trade


Concise dictionary

woolswʊl
noun
+a fabric made from the hair of sheep
+fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
+outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

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