wool

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
• Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
• yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
• Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• felt, tweed, worsted

Origin

• From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
• Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull); also Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian во́лос, Bulgarian влас, Albanian lesh ("wool, hair, fleece"). lana.