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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lint /lɪnt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Textilestiny shreds of yarn;
bits of thread. lint•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lint (lint),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesminute shreds or ravelings of yarn;
bits of thread. - Textilesstaple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
- Textilescotton waste produced by the ginning process.
- Textilesa soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.
- 1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwige lintwhite
lint′less, adj. |