Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: woollen
IPA transcription: [w'ʊlən]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: woolen, woollen
    Meaning: of or related to or made of wool; "a woolen sweater"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wool, woolen, woollen
    Meaning: a fabric made from the hair of sheep
Usage examples
  • "A fine rubber and a good woollen blanket," remarked the Sergeant.
  • Why, Comrade Bristow sneaks off and buys a sort of woollen sunset.
  • The smith erects some sort of iron, the weaver some sort of linen or woollen manufactory.
  • For woollen goods, the East indigo will answer as well as the Spanish, and comes much lower.
  • Mrs. Hall's gift was a warm and very pretty woollen wrapper of dark blue flannel, with a pair of soft knitted slippers to match.
  • She held in her hand a distaff, wound with black and white woollen yarn, with which were sparingly intermixed strands of silk and gold.
  • Three months passed, and, as the old woman had bidden her, the queen took the egg from her bosom, and laid it snugly amidst the warm woollen folds.
  • She was dressed like any poor peasant, in a cotton gown, a woollen hood and wooden shoes; yet, as she walked along, people took her for a queen in disguise, so lovely were her looks and ways.
  • She was handed over to the governor of the prison, a short, thick-set man in black trousers and black-shag woollen shirt, and wearing a dirty red cap, with tricolour rosette on the side of his unkempt head.
  • Silk and woollen goods should not be boiled in the dye-stuff, but it should be kept at a scalding heat for twenty minutes. Drain the goods without wringing, and hang them in a dry, shady place, where they will have the air.