wool
see also CLOTH, CLOTHES
- the soft hair of sheep, goats, etc: wool (noun U)
- wool that has been made into a long thread to make clothes with: wool (noun U)
a ball of wool
- something that is made of wool is woollen (AmE woolen), woolly (AmE wooly), wool
woollen gloves ◎ a woolly hat ◎ a wool blanket
- something that feels like wool is woolly (AmE wooly)
The dog had a thick woolly coat.
- artificial wool can be made of acrylic (noun U) or nylon (noun U); adjectives: acrylic, nylon
an acrylic jumper
- a thick woollen cloth: tweed (noun U)
- a fine, soft wool which comes from very young sheep: lambswool (noun U)
- two very soft, fine kinds of wool: cashmere (noun U), mohair (noun U)
※ knitting
- to make sth (for example, a piece of clothing) out of wool using two needles that you hold in your hands: knit (sth); something made in this way is knitted
a knitted scarf
- thin, pointed pieces of metal, plastic or wood used in knitting: (knitting) needles
- one of the small pieces of wool that you put around a needle when knitting: stitch
- a machine used for knitting: knitting machine
- something that is being knitted: knitting (noun U)
Where have I put my knitting?
- clothing which is knitted: knitwear (noun U)
- a set of instructions that explains how to knit sth yourself: pattern
a knitting pattern
- a way of making clothes, cloth, etc by using wool or cotton and one needle with a hook at the end: crochet (noun U); verb: crochet (sth)
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- to make thread for knitting, etc from a mass of wool: spin (sth)
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