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woolen

woolen

5 1.4
Made from wool to keep warm
  • adjective
  • /ˈwʊlən/
  • US
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  • We carried flashlights, a thermos of hot coffee, sandwiches, dry mittens, socks, and two small woolen blankets.
  • woolen shawls

Examples

  • Margaret tossed her woolen gown over her head and went downstairs without the formality of a face wash.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Some of them were dressed in woolen robes that looked suspiciously familiar to me, but there was no time.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Once we took him a garden hose, and once a woolen blanket.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • So I got this really cute little black woolen crossover and it's super, super soft.

  • Oh, and these blankets are woolen.

    Marley & Me (2008)

  • I fell asleep under three woolen blankets for the whole afternoon.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • After putting on a warm woolen dressing gown, she went and sat on the sofa in the sitting room.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • And then in the back, I have my heavier woolen winter, more neutral scarves.

  • Suspenders held up woolen trousers that were tucked into boots that came almost to his knees.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The old woman stood and drew her woolen cloak around her shoulders.

Synonyms

woolly
vswoolen
12 3.0

Soft and covered with thick hair like a sheep

refers to being made from animal fleece rather than just having a fluffy texture
wooled
vswoolen
3.7

An animal or thing with a thick soft coat of wool

is made from animal fleece throughout rather than only covered on the surface

Antonyms

synthetic
103 4.4

Made by people to copy something natural or not genuine

How Warm

thick
88 1.0
woolen
  • US
5 1.4
lightweight
36 2.8

Surface Forms

woolen positive
woollier comparative
woolliest superlative

Morphology

woolen = wool (transparent) = wool + en

The adjective 'woolen' is transparently derived from 'wool' with the suffix '-en' indicating material composition.

Etymology

Woolen comes from the simple word wool, the soft hair of sheep, plus the ending -en that means 'made of'. So, woolen means 'made of wool' and is used for things like sweaters and blankets.