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 →

2) «Woollens» are clothes made of wool, such as jumpers and scarves. tree →

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 →
• Woollen socks keep my feet warm. tree →
• Wash your woollens in cool water, or they shrink. tree →
• The shepherd's woollen coat was made from his own sheep's wool. tree →
• A woollen blanket is cosy in winter. tree →
• Some people find woollen clothes itchy. tree →
• Student Holberg wrapped himself up in his woollen cloak, and wanted to go to the town. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.