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How to pronounce wool in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms woolen, woollen
Type of fabric, textile, material, cloth
Type Words
Synonyms fleece
Type of pelage, coat
Derivation woolly, wooly
Type Words
Type of animal fiber, animal fibre
Has types virgin wool, cashmere, fleece, raw wool, shetland wool, shoddy, vicuna, alpaca

Examples of wool

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Large selection of straw, fabric, raffia, cloth and wool hats for men and women.
From the sfgate.com
Genetics can be a factor, Siamese cats being notorious chewers and wool suckers.
From the stltoday.com
Buyer Pamela Rhoda modeled a gray sheath dress from with a wool fitted overcoat.
From the democratandchronicle.com
In spring, the sheep get their warm wool coat removed before hot summer weather.
From the theepochtimes.com
It's all to do with the merino sheep and its hygroscopic wool fibres apparently.
From the guardian.co.uk
Between faux-fur, shearling, wool and plaid, there's a style to suit all tastes.
From the sfgate.com
Gloria adjusts her shawl, an extravagant, embroidered piece of translucent wool.
From the theatlantic.com
A global boycott of Australia's multi-billion dollar wool trade is intensifying.
From the voanews.com
The wool industry is struggling under the weight of the global financial crisis.
From the voanews.com
More examples
  • A fabric made from the hair of sheep
  • Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
  • Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
  • Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.
  • Wool were a rock band from Washington, D.C. (but based in Los Angeles), specialising in a rough-hewn but melodic brand of punk-based hard rock from 1990-1996.
  • Wooling (actually: WOOLING) is a German student magazine, which is published at Oberland-Gymnasium Seifhennersdorf high school in the state of Saxony in Germany. ...
  • A town in Dorset, England
  • The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants; A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep; Anything with a texture like that of wool; Made of wool
  • Thick and soft hair from the coat of a sheep, lamb, and other animals such as a Cashmere or Angora goat. Different types of animal hair are used and graded for their color, length, fineness.