ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE

Meaning of ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE in English

{adj. phr.} Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind-hearted. * /He's a wonderful brother - all wool and a yard wide./

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ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE — phrasal : marked by superior quality, genuineness, or ingenuousness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE — {adj. phr.} Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind-hearted. * /He's a wonderful brother - all wool and a …
Словарь английских идиом
ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE — adj. phr. Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind-hearted. He's a wonderful brother all wool and a yard wide.
American Idioms English vocabulary
ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE — заслуживающий доверия, настоящий, отличный
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ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE — заслуживающий доверия, настоящий, отличный
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YARD — Unit of length equal to 36 inch es, or 3 feet (see foot ), in the U.S. Customary System or …
Английский словарь Британика
WOOL — Animal fibre that is the protective covering, or fleece, of sheep or such other hairy mammals as goats and camels. …
Английский словарь Британика
YARD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOL — I. ˈwu̇l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wolle, wulle, from Old English wull; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English wid, wide, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDE — (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to …
Английский словарь Webster
YARD — ( v. t. ) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — ( superl. ) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YARD — yard 1 /yahrd/ , n. 1. a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOOL — — woollike , adj. /wool/ , n. 1. the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — — wideness , n. /wuyd/ , adj., wider, widest , adv. , n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALL — /awl/ , adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YARD — I. ˈyärd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geard enclosure, yard; akin to Old High German gart enclosure, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( wider ; wid·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOOL — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wolle, from Old English wull; akin to Old High German wolla wool, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YARD
Webster English vocab
WIDE — superl remote; distant; far. 2. wide ·noun that which is wide; wide space; width; extent. 3. wide ·noun that which …
Webster English vocab
YARD — [yard] n [ME, fr. OE geard enclosure, yard; akin to OHG gart enclosure, L hortus garden] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOOL — [wool] n, often attrib [ME wolle, fr. OE wull; akin to OHG wolla wool, L vellus fleece, lana wool] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIDE — [wide] adj wider ; wid.est [ME, fr. OE wid; akin to OHG wit wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having great …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOOL — animal fibre forming the protective covering, or fleece, of sheep or of other hairy mammals, such as goats and camels. …
Britannica English vocabulary
YARD — / jɑːd; NAmE jɑːrd/ noun 1. ( BrE ) an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOL — / wʊl; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the soft fine hair that covers the body of sheep, goats …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — / waɪd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( wider , wid·est ) FROM ONE SIDE TO …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — / ɔːl; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. (used with plural nouns. The noun may have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YARD — yard S2 W2 /jɑːd $ jɑːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: geard , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOOL — wool S3 /wʊl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ wool , ↑ woolly ; adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDE — I. wide 1 S1 W1 /waɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wide , ↑ widely ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALL — I. all 1 S1 W1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ BrE AmE determiner , predeterminer , pronoun 1 . the whole of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YARD — n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of enclosed ground esp. attached to a building or used for a particular …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YARD — n. 1 a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2 this length of material (a yard …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOOL — n. 1 fine soft wavy hair from the fleece of sheep, goats, etc. 2 a yarn produced from this hair. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YARD — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of enclosed ground esp. attached to a building or used for a particular …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YARD — n. 1 a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2 this length of material (a yard …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOOL — n. 1 fine soft wavy hair from the fleece of sheep, goats, etc. 2 a yarn produced from this hair. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YARD — 1. n.1 a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2 this length of material (a yard …
Oxford English vocab
WOOL — n.1 fine soft wavy hair from the fleece of sheep, goats, etc. 2 a yarn produced from this hair. b …
Oxford English vocab
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Oxford English vocab
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Oxford English vocab
YARD — ( yards) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A yard is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOL — ( wools) 1. Wool is the hair that grows on sheep and on some other animals. N-UNCOUNT 2. Wool is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-WIDE — -wide combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something exists or happens throughout the place or area that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — ( wider, widest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use all to indicate that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YARD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a repair shop/yard (= a place where things of a particular kind are repaired ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOOL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a tweed/wool/sheepskin/leather coat ▪ I love her black leather coat. cotton wool ▪ She put …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/broad/wide smile (= when you are very happy ) ▪ She had a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOOL — [noun] [U] - hair which grows from the bodies of sheep and some other animals, or thread or cloth made …
Cambridge English vocab
WIDE — [adverb] -r, -stThey moved the goal posts wider apart (= so that there was a larger distance between them).His eyes …
Cambridge English vocab
WOOL — n. Animal fibre that is the protective covering, or fleece, of sheep or such other hairy mammals as goats and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WIDE — Synonyms and related words : aberrant, abroad, abstract, accented, adrift, advanced, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, alveolar, amiss, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIDE — INDEX: 1. a long distance from one side to another 2. how wide something is 3. to become wider 4. …
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