woolen

CEFRA2

/ˈwʊlən/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Made from wool.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    An item of clothing made from wool.

Examples

  • I bought a beautiful large ancient red Iranian woolen carpet.

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

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

  2. Made of wool.

More examples

In context

  • I bought a woolen sweater.

  • a woolen draper

  • a woolen mill

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He wore a thick blank coat to protect himself from the freezing winter wind.

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Origin

adjective

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”).