lint
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3.7
- noun
- /lɪnt/
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pelusa
- These are lint free wiping clothes that I use instead of paper towels.
- cotton lint
- lint percentage
- cotton yield and lint
Like he's like lint rolling every single inch of his body.
- Like he's like lint rolling every single inch of his body.
- This is a little lint bin for the lint that comes out of your tumble dryer.
- But yeah, my advice is to get a lint roller.
- It's like seeing a piece of white lint on a, on a black dress, but most people disregard that piece of lint.
Examples
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Now go look in the lint compartment of the dryer.
Fiction book (2001) -
You got a piece of lint on your jacket.
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I was just getting some lint off for you.
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You had a big piece of lint.
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You would not believe the kind of damage common lint causes to the filters.
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She's taking out the lint.
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This is a little lint bin for the lint that comes out of your tumble dryer.
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I couldn't tell what it was from here; maybe a piece of lint or a full-blown dust bunny.
Fiction book (2002) -
I put my hands in my jacket pockets: a couple of marbles, a taper of lint, a coin, a transfer.
Fiction book (2002) -
I found a piece of lint stuck to my shirt after I washed it.
Synonyms
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1.3
Soft, light bits from cloth or plants that stick to things
A small soft bunch of loose fibers like cotton or lint
How Allergenic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lint comes from an old word for linen ('flax' fibre). It originally meant the small fibres that come off cloth, which is why lint is the loose fluff you find on clothes or in a dryer filter.