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# wool

«wool» in Mova's school dictionary: **the soft, thick hair of sheep and some other animals…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (wool — uncountable; wools for kinds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wool is the soft, thick hair of sheep and some other animals, like goats and alpacas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#m1)

2) Wool is also the yarn or cloth made from this hair, spun into thread to make warm clothes like jumpers, hats and scarves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#m2)

3) Steel wool is a pad of thin metal threads for scrubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a material measured in balls, grams or metres; wool used per scarf or per hat makes a rate. In science: wool keeps warmth in because it traps air; sheep are sheared once a year. In everyday life: knitting with wool, a wool jumper. Phrases: a ball of wool, knitting wool, made of wool, wool jumper, pull the wool over someone's eyes (trick them).

### examples

- She has 5 balls of wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x1)
- Each scarf needs 3 balls of wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x2)
- A sheep gives 4 kg of wool a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x3)
- She used 40 m of wool for a hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x4)
- Grandma knitted me a wool jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x5)
- Farmers shear the sheep to get their wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x6)
- Wool keeps you warm even when it is a little damp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x7)
- The kitten played with a ball of wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «some wool», «a ball of wool». Adjectives: «woollen» (UK), «woolen» (US), «woolly». Say «wull». A material, not counted one by one; it comes in units (balls, kg, m). Uses per item make a rate.

### In the corpora

- [Musk ox underwool, called qiviut, is warmer than sheep's wool, and people collect it when it falls out in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/5/)
- [A sheep called Chris was found in Australia in 2015 after years lost in the bush, carrying over forty kilograms of wool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/5/)
- [Only the caterpillars of a few kinds of moth eat wool clothes; most moths never touch clothes at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/10/)
- [They gave milk, wool, meat, eggs and muscle power, and let people settle in villages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals/5/)
- [A mouse wants crumbs, a cockroach wants dark damp corners, and a clothes moth's caterpillar wants your wool jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wool» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wool/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.