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Search phrase: wool

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
King LearKL III.iv.101worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, theWorme no Silke; the Beast, no Hide; the Sheepe, no Wooll; the
MacbethMac IV.i.15Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,Wooll of Bat, and Tongue of Dogge:
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.33what comes the wool to?what comes the wooll too?

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Glossary

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bombast, bumbastwool padding, stuffing; also: high-flown language, empty words
bottom[of wool] wind into a ball; focus, concentrate
bumbastwool padding; also: high-flown language
carderone who combs out impurities in wool
cardmakerinstrument for combing wool
flocktuft of wool
linsey-woolsey[mix of flax and wool] verbal mish-mash, nonsense
todproduce a tod [about 28 pounds] of wool
woolwardwearing wool next to the skin

Thesaurus

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combing wool, instrument forcardmaker
instrument for combing woolcardmaker
padding, woolbombast, bumbast
tuft of woolflock
wearing wool next to the skinwoolward
wind into a ball [of wool]bottom
wool next to the skin, wearing woolward
wool paddingbombast, bumbast
wool, instrument for combingcardmaker
wool, one who combs out impurities incarder
wool, produce a tod oftod
wool, tuft of flock

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WOOLBASICwool n, woollen adj, woollen n, woolly adj
WOOLPEOPLEwoolsack n
WOOLSPEECHlinsey-woolsey n
WOOLSTATEwoolward adj

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