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noil

/nɔɪl/

noil noun: a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.

Noun

noil (countable and uncountable, plural noils)

  1. A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.
    • The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.
    • Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton.1908, Fibre & Fabric, page 21

noil meaning in Urdu

noil in Urdu

پھرسڑا, اون کا ریشہ

Forms of noil

pluralnoils

Origin of noil

Inherited from Middle English *noyel, from Old French noiel, variant of noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”, diminutive of nōdus "knot") or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”, derivative of nux "nut"). Doublet of newel and noyau.

Words formed from noil

Words that rhyme with noil

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Questions about noil

What does noil mean?
Noil means a short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.
What is noil in Urdu?
Noil in Urdu is پھرسڑا, اون کا ریشہ. See Noil meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is noil?
Noil is a noun.
How do you pronounce noil?
Noil is pronounced /nɔɪl/.
What is the plural of noil?
The plural of noil is noils.

Words near noil in the dictionary

  1. noie
  2. noier
  3. noiers
  4. noight
  5. noights
  6. noil
  7. noils
  8. noily
  9. noing
  10. noint
  11. nointed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noil (page history and authors); noil (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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