wool

wʊl

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#1·2h ago

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

Origin: From , from , from , from , from . Cognate with , , , , , ; also , , , , , , . . The vowel development u → o → oo is purely graphical. Modern English generally avoids the string ⟨wu⟩ in favour of ⟨wo⟩, and the resulting woll was then altered to wool (as supposedly better representing the pronunciation). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·2h ago

A cloth or yarn made from such hair.

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#3·2h ago

Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool.

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