noun [U]
1 (especially BrE) a soft cotton fabric used for covering and protecting wounds
2 (technical) short fine FIBRES that come off the surface of fabric when it is being made
3 (especially AmE) (BrE usually fluff) small soft pieces of wool, cotton, etc. that stick on the surface of fabric
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for lint is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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