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woolen

Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlən/

The English word “woolen” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Made of wool.
  2. Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

noun

  1. An item of clothing made from wool.

Etymology

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

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