ALL meanings of wool
wool
W w - noun Technical meaning of wool Window Object Oriented Language. A small Common Lisp-like extension language. It claims to be the fastest interpreted language in C with run-time types. Colas Nahaboo <[email protected]>. Version 1 is used as the kernel language of the GWM window manager. Version 2 has an object system. 1
- noun wool the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 1
- noun wool fabrics and garments of such wool. 1
- noun wool The fine soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn. 1
- noun wool yarn made of such wool. 1
- noun wool any of various substances used commercially as substitutes for the wool of sheep or other animals. 1
- noun wool any of certain vegetable fibers, as cotton or flax, used as wool, especially after preparation by special process (vegetable wool) 1
- noun wool any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep: glass wool; steel wool. 1
- noun wool any coating of short, fine hairs or hairlike processes, as on a caterpillar or a plant; pubescence. 1
- noun wool Informal. the human hair, especially when short, thick, and crisp. 1
- idioms wool all wool and a yard wide, genuine; excellent; sincere: He was a real friend, all wool and a yard wide. 1
- idioms wool dyed in the wool, inveterate; confirmed: a dyed in the wool sinner. 1
- idioms wool pull the wool over someone's eyes, to deceive or delude someone: The boy thought that by hiding the broken dish he could pull the wool over his mother's eyes. 1
- noun wool sheep coat 1
- noun wool fibre 1
- noun wool made of wool 1
- uncountable noun wool Wool is the hair that grows on sheep and on some other animals. 0
- variable noun wool Wool is a material made from animal's wool that is used to make things such as clothes, blankets, and carpets. 0
- noun wool the outer coat of sheep, yaks, etc, which consists of short curly hairs 0
- noun wool yarn spun from the coat of sheep, etc, used in weaving, knitting, etc 0
- noun wool cloth or a garment made from this yarn 0
- noun wool (as modifier) 0
- noun wool any of certain fibrous materials 0
- noun wool short thick curly hair 0
- noun wool a tangled mass of soft fine hairs that occurs in certain plants 0
- noun wool the soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep 0
- noun wool the hair of some other animals, as the goat or llama, having a similar texture 0
- noun wool yarn spun from the fibers of such fleece, esp. the fleece of sheep 0
- noun wool cloth, clothing, etc. made of this yarn 0
- noun wool short, thick, curly or crisp human hair 0
- noun wool anything that looks or feels like wool, as a fibrous mass of inorganic material [rock wool, steel wool] or the hairy or furry coating on some insects, insect larvae, and plants 0
- adjective wool of wool or woolen goods 0