Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made or consisting of wool.
  • adjective Of or relating to the production or marketing of woolen goods.
  • noun Fabric or clothing made from wool.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Made of wool; consisting of wool: as, woolen cloth.
  • Of or pertaining to wool: as, woolen manufactures.
  • Clad in the rough, homespun serges of former times, as opposed to the silk, velvet, and fine linen of the wealthier classes; hence, coarse; boorish; rustic; vulgar.
  • noun Cloth made of wool, or chiefly of wool: an abbreviation of woolen cloth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.
  • adjective Made of wool; consisting of wool.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths
  • adjective a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective US Made of wool.
  • noun An item of clothing made from wool

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or related to or made of wool
  • noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep

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Examples

  • Here he wore linen and sipped tepid water, longing for a night spent tucked up by the fire, wrapped in woolen blankets and sipping a proper cup of tea.

    Archive 2007-07-01 cavalaxis 2007

  • Here he wore linen and sipped tepid water, longing for a night spent tucked up by the fire, wrapped in woolen blankets and sipping a proper cup of tea.

    The 13th Page cavalaxis 2007

  • As if to acknowledge the significance of the lime catalyst, they call the woolen pouches in which they carry the sacred leaves kuétan yáha, not coca but lime bags.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • As if to acknowledge the significance of the lime catalyst, they call the woolen pouches in which they carry the sacred leaves kuétan yáha, not coca but lime bags.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • In our own Kangra mission we started to produce teazel, which is that spiky plant used in woolen mills for "teazing" woolen cloth.

    India Today 1953

  • He cut the half-woven woolen from the loom and threw the mingled mass of cloth and yarn in a pile in a corner of the room.

    The Blue Cat of Castle Town 1949

  • "Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • "Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent.

    From Bohemia to the battlefields and back again, our dainty heroine describes her adventures 2010

  • Adventurers "to carry on trade in English woolen cloth, or sent John

    A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

  • If the weather is not too cold, and if the animal is in a comfortable stable, the following method may be tried: Have a tub of hot water handy to the stable door; soak a woolen blanket in the water, then quickly wring as much water as possible out of it and wrap it around the chest.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

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  • See also woollen. It's thicker.

    October 31, 2008