- a variation of woolen.
woollen
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Also on the vest, under a slate-gray sky where many men brought together in mourning wore hoodies and woollen caps, lay two dandelions and some flower petals.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
On the day she disappeared, she left home to pick up her pay cheque from the woollen mill where she worked.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
"She bathed him and then she dressed him in a little woollen gown and gave him back to us," says the mother, "and we held him for a little bit longer."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023
She is crumpled on the ground, in a dark headscarf and woollen cardigan, crying out to her son Coskun, 45, who lies beneath the soil.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
Wart draggled off to the tower room, where Merlyn was busy knitting himself a woollen night-cap for the winter.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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