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 Translation for 'ball of wool' from English to French
pelote {f} de laineball of wool
Partial Matches
gerbe {f} de flammesball of flames
anat.
plante {f} antérieure du pied
ball of the foot
sport
envoyer une balle hors de jeu
to put a ball out of play
Bal {m} du Rat mort [bal masqué et costumé organisé annuellement à des fins philanthropiques à Ostende depuis 1898]Ball of the Dead Rat [Ostend, Belgium]
laine {f}wool
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textile
laine {f} à repriser
darning wool
comm.textile
industrie {f} de laine
wool industry
textile
laine {f} vierge
virgin wool
textile
alpaga {m} [laine]
alpaca (wool)
matérieloutil.tech.
paille {f} de fer
steel wool
méd.
ouate {f} thermogène
thermogenous cotton wool
textile
coton {m} hydrophile
cotton wool [Br.]
textile
ouate {f}
cotton wool [Br.]
textile
coton {m} [ouate]
cotton wool [Br.]
bon teint {adj}dyed-in-the-wool [attr.]
incorrigible {adj}dyed-in-the-wool [fig.]
donner le change à qn.to pull the wool over sb.'s eyes [coll.]
duper qn.to pull the wool over sb.'s eyes [idiom]
en faire accroire à qn.to pull the wool over sb.'s eyes [coll.] [idiom]
ballon {m}ball
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Usage Examples English
  • (like a ball of wool yarn having some length of thread already hanging before it is unwound).
  • Eírikur exorcises the ghost by means of a slip of paper and a ball of wool with two knots in it which he gives to two men seeking his help.
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