Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US, not comparable)Made of wool.

    wollen, Woll-

    шерстяно́йšerstjanój

    вовнянийvovnjanyj, шерстянийšerstjanyj

    of or related to or made of wool

  2. (US, not comparable)Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

    woolen manufactures

    a woolen mill

Examples

22 sentences

  1. He is wearing a woolen sweater.

    deEr trägt einen Pulli aus Wolle. — human600

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  2. She is wearing a woolen sweater.

    ruНа ней надет шерстяной свитер. — odexed

    deSie trägt einen Pulli aus Wolle. — wolfgangth

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  3. Ziri always wore a woolen hat.

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  4. Did you buy a woolen hat?

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  5. I'm looking for a warm, woolen skirt.

    ruЯ ищу тёплую шерстяную юбку. — nina99nv

    deIch suche einen warmen Wollrock. — xtofu80

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or related to or made of wool:woollen

Word family

2 related words
Relatedwoollywool

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
woofwoolA2woollywoozywordA1
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