lint
[ lint ]
/ lɪnt /
noun
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
cotton waste produced by the ginning process.
a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.
Origin of lint
1325–75; Middle English, variant of
linnet; compare Middle French
linette linseed, Old English
līnet- flax (or flax-field) in
līnetwige
lintwhite
OTHER WORDS FROM lint
lint·less, adjective de·lint, verb (used with object)Words nearby lint
linseed meal,
linseed oil,
linsey,
linsey-woolsey,
linstock,
lint,
lintel,
linter,
lintie,
linton,
lintwhite
Example sentences from the Web for lint
British Dictionary definitions for lint
lint
/ (lɪnt) /
noun
an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc
shreds of fibre, yarn, etc
mainly US
staple fibre for making cotton yarn
Derived forms of lint
linty, adjectiveWord Origin for lint
C14: probably from Latin
linteus made of linen, from
līnum flax