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Meaning of "grease wool" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREASE WOOL

grease wool  [ɡriːs wʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREASE WOOL

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grease wool is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREASE WOOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grease wool in the English dictionary

The definition of grease wool in the dictionary is shorn fleece before it has been cleaned.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREASE WOOL


dewool
diːˈwʊl
nonwool
ˈnɒnˌwʊl
underwool
ˈʌndəˌwʊl
wool
wʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREASE WOOL

grease
grease cup
grease gun
grease monkey
grease nipple
grease remover
grease the palm of
grease-stained
greaseball
greaseband
greasebush
greaseless
greasepaint
greaseproof
greaseproof paper
greaser
greasewood
greasier
greasies
greasiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREASE WOOL

berlin wool
Botany wool
clean wool
cotton wool
darning wool
dyed in the wool
dyed-in-the-wool
glass wool
greasy wool
knitting wool
lamb´s wool
mineral wool
new wool
pure new wool
rock wool
Shetland wool
smart wool
steel wool
virgin wool
wire wool
wood wool

Synonyms and antonyms of grease wool in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grease wool» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREASE WOOL

Find out the translation of grease wool to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grease wool from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grease wool» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脂羊毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lana grasa
570 millions of speakers

English

grease wool
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तेल ऊन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دهن الصوف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смазка шерсти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suarda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রীস উল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laine de graisse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bulu gris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fett Wolle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グリースウール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그리스 울
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wol krim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mỡ lông cừu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிரீஸ் கம்பளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वंगण लोकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yağ yünü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grasso di lana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tłuszcz z wełny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мастило вовни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grăsime de usuc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γράσο μαλλί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vetwol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fett ull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fett ull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grease wool

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREASE WOOL»

The term «grease wool» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREASE WOOL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grease wool» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grease wool» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grease wool

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREASE WOOL»

Discover the use of grease wool in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grease wool and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The International Wool Trade
2 In order to assist in estimated grease wool prices, delivered to mill clean basis market prices have been converted to grease basis equivalents using the various yields quoted. Prices determined in this manner are largely nominal and not ...
Julian Roche, 1995
2
Economics of preparing wool for market and manufacture
Possibilities of lowering transportation costs for wool by scouring it in producing areas are reduced by the higher freight rates per 100 pounds for scoured than for grease wool (table 21). With freight rates from Denver to Boston of $2.27 per 100  ...
David William Carr, Leander D. Howell, 1953
3
Wool classification service and prices to producers
No official length standards for domestic wools have been established, but staple length classes, based on objective measurements, have been suggested for staple, lengths of grease wool (table 3) (7). These classes are referred to in wool  ...
Leander D. Howell, William A. Faught, 1961
4
Wool Warehouses: Practices, Facilities, Services, Charges, ...
Scouring improves their attractiveness, raises their market value, and reduces marketing cost primarily through savings in transportation {26) . Baling The baling of grease wool is increasing in popularity, but is not yet a common practice.
Amos D. Jones, 1961
5
Strategies of Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management
The actual wool-fiber content in "grease wool," as taken from the sheep's back, averages only 40 per cent, the remaining 60 per cent being composed of natural impurities such as sand, grease, suint (dried sheep perspiration), and burrs.
Nelson L. Nemerow, Franklin J. Agardy, 1998
6
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
The method of obtaining a sample representative of the fineness of a lot of grease wool, pulled wool, scoured wool, or card sliver will differ according to circumstances. Lots may be sampled either by coring or by hand. The sampling ...
‎1979
7
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
Shorn wool means grease wool sheared from live sheep or lambs. Shorn wool does not include pelts, hides, or pulled wool. State committee is the FSA committee so designated for the applicable State. United States means the 50 United ...
‎2003
8
Decisions of the War Department Board of Contract Adjustment
Under date of November 15, 1918, the claimant forwarded to Hursch Bros., 114 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., the wool distributing center for the Philadelphia district, 74 sacks of one-fourth blood grease wool, weighing 14,286 pounds and ...
Author
9
Science of Animal Agriculture
Wool as it comes from the sheep is called grease wool. The first step in wool processing is to remove the loose dirt and other particles from the fibers. This is done by a machine that opens up the fibers and dusts foreign particles Figure 7– 10 ...
Ray Herren, 2011
10
How to Raise Sheep: Everything You Need to Know
Grease price: Price paid per pound of grease wool. Grease wool: Shorn wool that has not been washed. Gummer: Sheep that has lost its teeth; a show of age. Heat : See estrus. Heritability: Likelihood of certain traits being passed genetically to ...
Philip Hasheider, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREASE WOOL»

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Montana wool mill is Hall couple's 'retirement' business
Handfuls of "grease wool," or wool that has been recently sheared, is fed into a long line of wash basins along one wall. Circulating metal arms ... «Great Falls Tribune, Apr 15»

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