Woolly

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈwʊli

Definitions

A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
informal
A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.
derogatory
A sheep not yet shorn.
US, slang
A piece of woolwork.

Equivalents

Españollanoso

Françaislaineux

Deutschblumig lose schwammigunkonkret unscharf vage verklärt verschwommen wolkig Woll-wollartig wollen wollig zottig

19 more languages

العربيةثوب صوفيّ

Българскинеясен

Bosanskiloše lose

Catalàllanós

Cymraeggwlanog

ΕλληνικάΜάλλινος

Gaeilgeolanda olla

Hrvatskilose loše

Italianolanoso

Македонскивлакнест волнен нејасенрунтав

Nederlandswollig

Polskiwełniany

Portuguêslanoso

Românălânos

Русскийшерстяной

Српскиlose loše

Svenskaullig

Türkçeyünlü

Examples

“`I've got a rotten cold and I'm not taking my woollies off until it's better.'”

“Being an innocent Australian abroad in a European winter, I had taken with me every winter woolly I could borrow or squeeze ⟳ out of friends and associates.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

woolly adelgid woolly aphid woolly back woolly bear woolly bear caterpillar woolly bluecurls

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