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Word entry · 6 letters

woolly

Best crossword clue

"Like thick fleece"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwʊli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted lloowyStarts with WEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments

Word origin

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).

Used in a sentence

  • Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
  • woolly hair
  • There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears.

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