woolen
Plural: woolens
Noun
- A fabric made from wool, often used for clothing or blankets.
- a fabric made from the hair of sheep
- An item of clothing made from wool.
Adjective
- of or related to or made of wool
- "a woolen sweater"
Adj
- Made of wool.
- Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.
Examples
- a woolen draper
- a woolen mill
- Put all the woolens in this basket.
- The opponent had a WOOLEN blanket on their lap, but their mind was on Scrabble strategy.
- woolen manufactures
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
Scrabble Score: 9
woolen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwoolen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
woolen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
woolen: valid Words With Friends Word