wool - woollen - woolly

wool - woollen - woolly
◊ 'wool'
Wool is the hair that grows on sheep and some other animals.
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Wool is also the material made from weaving or knitting wool. It is used to make clothes, blankets, and carpets.
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◊ 'woollen' and 'woolly'
Wool, woollen, and woolly can all be used in front of a noun to indicate that something is made from wool. Note that this use of wool is not common, and that woolly is not used in formal writing.

...a lovely light wool dress with a pattern of leaves.

...a simple blue woollen dress.

...long woollen socks.

...a woolly cap.

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Woolly can also be used as a noun. A woolly is a jumper or cardigan.

She wore a long droopy woolly.

They sat round the fire muffled in their woollies.

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In American English, woollen and woolly are spelled woolen and wooly.

She wore a heavy woolen shawl and a large bonnet.

...wooly underwear.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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