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woolwear

UK/ˌwʊlˈwɛə//ˌwʊlˈwɛɹ/

woolwear noun: clothing made out of wool.

Noun

woolwear (uncountable)

  1. Clothing made out of wool.
    • If you are clad in soft, warm, absorbent woolwear designed for treedom of action there will be no discomfort to mar your thrill when you bag the buck of the season.1929, Forest and Outdoors, volume 29, page 552
    • And so one may re-read 'Epithalamion', observing that to put off bleached linen and woven woolwear and twiny boots is (even if comic) to shuffle off this mortal coil[…]1973, Winifred Nowottny -, Hopkins's Language of Prayer & Praise, page 9
    Synonyms:
    woolenwear

Synonyms of woolwear

Origin of woolwear

From wool + -wear.

Questions about woolwear

What does woolwear mean?
Woolwear means clothing made out of wool.
What part of speech is woolwear?
Woolwear is a noun.
How do you pronounce woolwear?
Woolwear is pronounced /ˌwʊlˈwɛə/ (UK).

Words near woolwear in the dictionary

  1. woolward
  2. woolwasher
  3. woolwashers
  4. Woolway
  5. Woolways
  6. woolwear
  7. Woolwich
  8. woolwinder
  9. woolwinders
  10. Woolwine
  11. Woolwines

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