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wool

/ˈwʊl/WUUL
/ˈwʊl/WUUL

Meaningwool

Common meaning: soft hair of sheep

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwall‘wool’source
  2. Middle Englishwollesource
  3. Englishwool‘soft hair of sheep’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wall ‘wool’.

Roots

  • wall Old English “wool”

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