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Definition of "lint" []

  • Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz. (noun)
  • Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds. (noun)
  • The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lint" in a sentence
  • "Considering that most of your clothes are polyester or cotton blends, the off flow lint is a good fire ignition source."
  • "Maybe the lint is blue to make up for no blue food? leftover"
  • ""Goodness, gracious, great balls of foreskin lint!""