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.

Origin of lint

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

OTHER WORDS FROM lint

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

Words nearby lint

linseed oil, Lin Sen, linsey, linsey-woolsey, linstock, lint, lintel, linter, lintie, Linton, lintwhite

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Example sentences 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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单词	lint
释义	lint [ lint ] / lɪnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lint ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of lint 1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwigelintwhite OTHER WORDS FROM lint lintless, adjectivede·lint, verb (used with object) Words nearby lint linseed oil, Lin Sen, linsey, linsey-woolsey, linstock, lint, lintel, linter, lintie, Linton, lintwhite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lint cord, wire, string, yarn, wool, filament, silk, strand, cotton, grime, dirt, soil, powder, soot, earth, sand, fuzz, jacket, coat, pelt
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lint

noun

Origin of lint

OTHER WORDS FROM lint

Words nearby lint

Example sentences from the Web for lint

British Dictionary definitions for lint

noun

Derived forms of lint

Word Origin for lint

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