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woolshearing

woolshearing noun: the shearing of animals to obtain wool.

Noun

woolshearing (uncountable)

  1. The shearing of animals to obtain wool.

Origin of woolshearing

From wool + shearing.

Questions about woolshearing

What does woolshearing mean?
Woolshearing means the shearing of animals to obtain wool.
What part of speech is woolshearing?
Woolshearing is a noun.

Words near woolshearing in the dictionary

  1. Woolseyism
  2. Woolseyisms
  3. Woolseys
  4. woolshearer
  5. woolshearers
  6. woolshearing
  7. woolshears
  8. woolshed
  9. Woolshed Flat
  10. woolsheds
  11. Woolsington

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