woollen

[US]/'wulən/
[UK]/ˈwʊlən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. made of wool
n. a fabric made of wool

Phrases & Collocations

woollen socks

woollen sweater

woollen hat

Example Sentences

a coarse woollen cloth.

a woollen hat with a bobble on top.

a jacket made from woollen cloth

She bought a pair of woollen hose yesterday.

He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.

Will this soap shrink woollen clothes?

A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.

Woollen clothes often prickle my skin.

Woollen cloth and timber were sent to Egypt in exchange for linen or papyrus.

She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.

A blanket keeps us warm because it is woollen and thick.

Did not want to write yesternight, shopping very much, distant , go out what play , person do woollen cloth very muchly?

Quan Zhou City Jin Jiang City lotus islet gold pit beehouse asks about: Is the bee scope of operation in several square kilometers woollen cloth?

We are pleased to notify you that the whole of their extensive stock of silks velvets, ribbons, mantles, shawls, woollen and cotton goods. haberdashery, is now on sale at prime cost.

He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woollen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses -- no, he only had one.

Real-world Examples

Ooh! Though I have been meaning to harvest the weeping woollen tree.

Source: Sarah and the little duckling

The most common kinds of woollen cloth are flannel, serge, merino, and tweed.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Their mother has knitted them thick woollen socks to protect them.

Source: Human Planet

The woollen yarn is next woven into cloth by a machine called a loom.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.

Source: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

It must first be manufactured, or made into woollen cloth.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

He had a red woollen muffler round his neck and his skin was rather reddish too.

Source: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I know. She's been giving me the cold shoulder. That's why I brought this woollen shawl for her.

Source: BBC Authentic English

" Woollen" , I've got a nice woollen jumper.

Source: Engvid-Benjamin Course Collection

The prohibition of the importation of foreign woollen is equally favourable to the woollen manufacturers.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Three)

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