lint

lint

fabric with a raised nap, used for dressing wounds; fluff; minute shreds of yarn

Not to be confused with:

lent – granted the use of something for a period of time: lent a book; allowed the use of money at interest

Lent – the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, devoted to fasting and penitence

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lint

 (lĭnt)

n.

1. Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.

2. Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.

3. The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.


[Middle English, variant of linet (from Old French linette, grain of flax, diminutive of lin, flax) or from Medieval Latin linteum, lint (from Latin, linen cloth), both from Latin līnum, flax; see lī̆no- in Indo-European roots.]


lint′less adj.

lint′y adj.

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lint

(lɪnt)

n

1. (Textiles) an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc

2. (Textiles) shreds of fibre, yarn, etc

3. (Textiles) chiefly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn

[C14: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax]

ˈlinty adj

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lint

(lɪnt)

n.

1. minute shreds or ravelings of yarn.

2. staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.

3. a soft material for dressing wounds, made from linen.

[1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax in līnetwige linnet]

lint′y, adj. lint•i•er, lint•i•est.

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Translations

قِطَع صَغيرَه من القُطننَسيج كُتّاني لِتَضْميد الجِراح

cupaninašatovina

fnuggazebindnullermand

nukka

tépés

línskaf

korpija

šarpija, kokvilnas pluči

textilný prachvyzrnené bavlnené vlákno

hafif tüyketen tiftiği

lint

[lɪnt] Nhilas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lint

nScharpie f, → Mull m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lint

[lɪnt] n (Med) → garza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lint

(lint) noun

1. linen in the form of a soft fluffy material for putting over wounds.

2. very small pieces of fluff from cotton etc.

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lint

1. n. fibra de algodón;

2. partículas desprendidas de la ropa.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012