WOOL


Meaning of WOOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wʊl ]

( wools)

1.

Wool is the hair that grows on sheep and on some other animals.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Wool is a material made from animal’s wool that is used to make things such as clothes, blankets, and carpets.

...a wool overcoat...

The carpets are made in wool and nylon.

N-MASS

3.

see also cotton wool , steel wool , wire wool

4.

If you say that someone is pulling the wool over your eyes , you mean that they are trying to deceive you, in order to have an advantage over you.

Stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes! What were you two fighting about just now?

PHRASE : V inflects

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