All lint synonyms

noun lint

• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• fluff — light, downy particles, as of cotton.
• grime — dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
• dirt — Design In Real Time
• soil — the act or fact of soiling.
• powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
• soot — a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
• earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
• sand — George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist.
• fuzz — loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
• jacket — a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
• coat — A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
• pelt — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
• skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
• cord — Cord is strong, thick string.
• wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
• string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
• filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
• silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
• strand — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
• cotton — Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• grit — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
• smut — a particle of soot; sooty matter.
• ashes — ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning
• filth — offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• loess — a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
• cinders — Cinders are the black pieces that are left after something such as wood or coal has burned away.
• fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
• 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.
• feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
• floss — the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
• fluff — light, downy particles, as of cotton.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• pile — the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
• brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
• pelage — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
• fiber — a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
• fur — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
• hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
• nap — to sleep for a short time; doze.
• lanugo — a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
• ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
• twine — a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
• warp — OS/2
• staple — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
• ravel — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).