Plural of wool
regular plural
The plural of wool is wools.
Forms of wool
| Singular | wool /wʊl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wools |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Wools in a sentence
- Spielvogel said wet cleaning also has limitations; while it is fine for cottons and fabrics worn in warm climates, he said, it can damage heavy wools or structured clothes like suit jackets.2009 January 12, Mireya Navarro, “It May Market Organic Alternatives, but Is Your Cleaner Really Greener?”, in New York Times
- Lopez said the shooter's name was Lou, known on the street as Wool Lou, because he sold "wools," which were cigarettes rolled up with crack cocaine.2012, Chris Berdik, Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of Expectations, New York, N.Y.: Current, →ISBN, page 149
- Yarns highlighted include wools, stretch yarns, metallics, textures, multicolored, and multitwists.1998, Textile Technology Digest - Volume 55, Issues 7-12, page 34. From the entry multitwist
- He would lie on the green-bed all day long sewing pictures of boats on canvas with coloured wools.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 8. From the entry green-bed
- There has been no plant in the State for commission carbonising and all burry, seedy and shivvy wools have been transported to the Eastern States or overseas for treatment.1948, Dalgety's Annual Wool Review for Australia and New Zealand. From the entry shivvy
Meaning of wool
- noun The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
- noun A cloth or yarn made from such hair.
- noun Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool.
Questions about the plural of wool
- What is the plural of wool?
- The plural of wool is wools.
- Is wool countable?
- Wool is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wool (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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