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 [wool-uhn]  

wool·en

   [wool-uhn]
noun
1.
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
2.
woolens, wool cloth or clothing.
adjective
3.
made or consisting of wool: woolen cloth.
4.
of or pertaining to wool or woolen fabrics.

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Also, especially British, wool·len.

Origin:
before 1050; Middle English wollen (adj. and noun), Old English wullen, wyllen (noun). See wool, -en2

Related forms
half-wool·en, adjective
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