lint

[ lint ]

/ lɪnt /

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noun

minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.

staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.

cotton waste produced by the ginning process.

a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.

Words related to lint

cord, wire, string, yarn, wool, filament, silk, strand, cotton, grime, dirt, soil, powder, soot, earth, sand, fuzz, jacket, coat, pelt

Words nearby lint

linseed meal, linseed oil, linsey, linsey-woolsey, linstock, lint, lintel, linter, lintie, linton, lintwhite

Origin of lint

1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwige lintwhite

OTHER WORDS FROM lint

lint·less, adjectivede·lint, verb (used with object)

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Examples from the Web for lint

Makeup is reapplied, lint rollers are re-rolled, and string is cut from the inside of a sock.
Backstage at Vera Wang|Isabel Wilkinson|September 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The surgeons clapped a great wad of lint into the hole and we bound it up.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
Cleanse the skin of the distal phalanx of the second finger of the left hand above the root of the nail with lint and ether.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
He laid the lint on the wounds, and then bound them firmly and evenly.
With Frederick the Great|G. A. Henty

In the British army in the Crimea chloroform was generally applied by simply pouring a little on lint.
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds|Thomas Longmore
He took a piece of lint, and utilizing it as a sponge, bathed the wound.
Under the Star-Spangled Banner|F. S. Brereton

British Dictionary definitions for lint

lint

/ (lɪnt) /

noun

an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc

shreds of fibre, yarn, etc

mainly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn

Derived forms of lint

linty, adjective

Word Origin for lint

C14: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax

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