long-staple wool
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long-staple cotton — noun cotton with relatively long fibers • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton fiber, ↑cotton wool * * * long staple cotton, cotton with fibers averaging more than 11/8 inches in length … Useful english dictionary
Wool — is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, [Australian Wool Corporation, Australian Wool Classing, Raw Wool Services, 1990] of animals in the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of… … Wikipedia
staple — staple1 /stay peuhl/, n., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U… … Universalium
staple — I sta•ple [[t]ˈsteɪ pəl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling 1) a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side 2) bui a similar, oftenU shaped piece of wire or… … From formal English to slang
Staple — Sta ple (st[=a] p l), n. [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. stapel, Dan. stabel, and E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Staple, Kent — infobox UK place country = England official name= Staple latitude= 51.2639longitude= 1.2553 static static image caption=Church of St James the Great, Staple population = shire district= Dover shire county = Kent region= South East… … Wikipedia
Staple Inn — On the south side of Holborn Bars at No.2, outside the City boundary. Staple Inn in Holborne, 1595 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 289). An Inn of Chancery appertaining to Gray s Inn. Probably known formerly as: Staple Hall. le Stapledhalle in… … Dictionary of London
Cotton wool — Cotton Cot ton (k[o^]t t n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clothing wool — ˈklōthiŋ , ēŋ noun 1. : short staple wool usually under 1 3/4 inches in length and suitable only for carding and woolen goods called also carding wool 2. : wool used in apparel fabrics as distinguished from wool used in carpets * * * clothing… … Useful english dictionary
cotton wool — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton fiber • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plan … Useful english dictionary
