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   Wool

   /wo͝ol/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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: "Harris tweed is made from pure new wool"
   • ▪ yarn or textile fiber made from wool: "carpets made of 80 percent wool and 20 percent nylon"
   • ▪ the soft underfur or down of some mammals: "beaver wool"
   • ▪ a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibers: "lead wool"

   Word Origin Old Englishwull, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wol and German Wolle, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lana ‘wool’, vellus ‘fleece’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wool-like adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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     4

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • L

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