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Meaning of wood wool | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Fine shavings or fibers of wood, used as a stuffing, insulating or packing material, as a medical dressing, or combined with glue or cement to provide bulk to a building material.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Holzwolle
Suomi lastuvilla
Română lână de lemn
Tagalog sulake

Examples

“Wood wool has been widely used as a space filler for packaging glassware, pottery, ceramics, etc.”
“The only thing you can't make with wood wool is a head.”
“Wood wool panels are also manufactured as a composite panel with insulating materials (EPS insulating panels, polyurethane insulating panels, mineral wool insulating panels).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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