WOOL


Meaning of WOOL in English

(~s)

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 ~ that is used to make things such as clothes, blankets, and carpets.

...a ~ overcoat...

The carpets are made in ~ and nylon.

N-MASS

3.

see also cotton ~ , steel ~ , wire ~

4.

If you say that someone is pulling the ~ 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 ~ over my eyes! What were you two fighting about just now?

PHRASE: V inflects

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