woollen

Word family  noun wool woolly adjective woollen/woolen woolly/wooly

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wool·len British English, woolen American English /ˈwʊlən/ adjective [only before noun]  1  DCCmade of wool 羊毛制的，毛料的 SYN wool a woollen scarf 羊毛围巾2  relating to making cloth from wool 毛纺的；毛纺业的 the woollen industry 毛纺业 a woollen mill 毛纺厂

Examples from the Corpus

woollen• Navy woollen bolero cardigan with large paisley wool embroidery, £42.99.• Aran cable woollen cardigan with ethnic embroidery, £42.99.• Jenna changed into a soft woollen dress of dark blue and tied her hair back in a band.• The Sheffield cutlery trades, London printing, paper making, coal mining and woollen manufacture all provide well-documented examples.• Where what is now a carriage museum was once a woollen mill where the red shirts for Garibaldi's army were made.• Several silk mills were set up around the Chalford Valley, but the majority made use of the then-vacant woollen mills.• The woman was wearing a pink quilted satin affair, the man a woollen red-and-blue tartan job.• Chunky navy woollen sweater with zip-up front, £147.

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woollen
wool‧len British English, woolen American English /ˈwʊlən/ adjective [only before noun]1. made of wool
   SYN  wool:
    a woollen scarf
2. relating to making cloth from wool:
    the woollen industry
    a woollen mill

wool·len (BrE) (NAmE wool·en) BrE /ˈwʊlən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwʊlən/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] made of wool 毛纺的；羊毛的；毛料的；毛线的◆a woollen blanket毛毯◆woollen cloth毛料 [only before noun] involved in making cloth from wool 毛纺的；毛纺织业的◆the woollen industry毛纺业