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# woollen

«woollen» in Mova's school dictionary: **made of wool: a woollen jumper, woollen socks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (woollen — UK; woolen — US); noun (woollens — plural, clothes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Woollen means made of wool: a woollen jumper, woollen socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#m1)

2) «Woollens» are clothes made of wool, such as jumpers and scarves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, woollen clothes keep you warm in winter; in science and geography lessons, wool comes from sheep (and goats, alpacas) and traps air to keep warm. In stories, a woollen blanket gives comfort. Phrases: woollen jumper, woollen gloves, wash woollens gently.

### examples

- Gran knitted me a woollen hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x1)
- Woollen socks keep my feet warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x2)
- Wash your woollens in cool water, or they shrink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x3)
- The shepherd's woollen coat was made from his own sheep's wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x4)
- A woollen blanket is cosy in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x5)
- Some people find woollen clothes itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x6)
- Student Holberg wrapped himself up in his woollen cloak, and wanted to go to the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/woollen/#x7)

### note

Spelling: UK, Irish, Australian «woollen» (double l); US «woolen» (one l). «Woolly» (or «wooly», US) means covered in wool or fuzzy. Wool itself is uncountable: some wool.

### Trees and pragmatics

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