lint
pronunciation
How to pronounce lint in British English:
UK [lɪnt]
How to pronounce lint in American English:
US [lɪnt]
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- Noun:
- fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
- cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
Word Origin
- lint
- lint: see linen
- lint (n.)
- late 14c., "flax prepared for spinning," also "refuse of flax used as kindling," somehow from the source of Old English lin "flax" (see linen), perhaps from or by influence of Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "flax, linen;" Klein suggests from Latin linteum "linen cloth," neuter of adjective linteus. Later "flax refuse used as tinder or for dressing wounds" (c. 1400). Still used for "flax" in Scotland in Burns' time. Applied in American English to stray cotton fluff.
Example
- 1. Close the cover and use your lint free cloth to remove any obvious dirt or dust .
- 2. My belly button will always be lint free .
- 3. My mind is as limp as the lint on my sock .
- 4. Restrictive and stimulative quantity relationships existed among lint yield components .
- 5. Table 1 effect of spatial and temporal variability of soil available nutrient in cotton field on lint yield and yield components .