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wood-wool

wood-wool is the alternative spelling of wood wool.

Meaning of wood wool

Noun

wood wool (uncountable)

  1. Fine shavings or fibers of wood, used as a stuffing, insulating or packing material, as a medical dressing, or combined with glue or cement to provide bulk to a building material.
    • Wood wool has been widely used as a space filler for packaging glassware, pottery, ceramics, etc.1990, Frank A. Paine, The Packaging User’s Handbook, →ISBN, page 576
    Synonyms:
    excelsior

Questions about wood-wool

What is wood-wool the alternative spelling of?
Wood-wool is the alternative spelling of wood wool.

Words near wood-wool in the dictionary

  1. wood-thistles
  2. wood-wide web
  3. wood-wide webs
  4. wood-wife
  5. wood-wives
  6. wood-wool
  7. wood-wroth
  8. Woodacre
  9. Woodale
  10. Woodall
  11. woodallite

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