lint

Definition of Lint in English :

1. lint

fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

2. lint

cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lint

noun

1.

an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc

2.

shreds of fibre, yarn, etc

3. mainly US

staple fibre for making cotton yarn

noun

1.

scraped and softened linen formerly used as a dressing for wounds

2.

cotton fiber used to make yarn

3.

the waste cotton remaining after ginning

4.

a.

bits of thread, ravelings, or fluff from cloth or yarn

b.

this fluff caught by a removable screen in a clothes dryer

verb intransitive

5.

to give off lint or fluff

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.