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 Translation for 'wool' from English to Swedish
NOUN1   wool | -
NOUN2   a wool | wools
SYNO fleece | wool | woolen | ...
ull {u}wool
ylle {n}wool
2 Words
textil
kamelull {u}
camel's wool
vadd {u}cotton wool
textil
getull {u}
goat wool
textil
merinoull {u}
merino wool
stålull {u}steel wool
stålull {u}wire wool [Br.]
5+ Words
att föra ngn. bakom ljusetto pull the wool over sb.'s eyes [coll.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Romanov wool is very strong and resourceful. The wool is double coated with mean diameter of wool fibers of 20.9 micrometres and 71.9 micrometres of outer-coat hair (lamb wool).
  • Crude lanolin constitutes about 5–25% of the weight of freshly shorn wool.
  • A wool-stapler is a dealer in wool. The wool-stapler buys wool from the producer, sorts and grades it, and sells it on to manufacturers.
  • The fineness of Finnsheep wool has some individual variation, but the American Sheep Industry’s Wool Council ranks Finnsheep in the fine end of the medium wool category.
  • Wool that has never been used is known as virgin wool and can be mixed with wool that has been recovered from rags.

  • Also, the Act increased the tariff on carpet wool, a wool of very low quality not produced in the US.
  • The Big Wool Bales was an attraction (now closed) consisting of five linked structures designed to resemble five gigantic woolbales - a tribute to the importance of the local wool industry.
  • United States sheep producers market wool with private or cooperative wool warehouses, but wool pools are common in many states.
  • Pulled wool has several alternative names such as "slipe wool", "glovers' wool", "tanners' wool" and, "dead wool."
  • Improvements made to Woolstores in the 1940s included metal wool gates for dividing the wool, electric lifts and elevators, wool presses and wool drops.

  • In 2010 the company launched the Real Shetland Wool Flatweave Collection, made using British wool.
  • Gansu Alpine Fine-wool is a breed of domesticated sheep from China.
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