wool

Other forms of wool

plural

wools·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wool

What does wool mean?

wool means "a fabric made from the hair of sheep". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wool?

wool has 1 syllable: wool. In IPA it is /ˈwʊl/.

What is another word for wool?

Close synonyms include woolen, woollen, fleece. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wool a common word?

wool is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.