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Definitions for Lint

[1] minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
[2] staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
[3] cotton waste produced by the ginning process.
[4] a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.
[5] an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc
[6] shreds of fibre, yarn, etc
[7] mainly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn

Words related to Lint

cord, wire, string, yarn, wool, filament, silk, strand, cotton, grime, dirt, soil, powder, soot, earth, sand, fuzz, jacket, coat, pelt

Words nearby Lint

linseed meal, linseed oil, linsey, linsey-woolsey, linstock, lint, lintel, linter, lintie, linton, lintwhite

Origin of Lint

1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax (or flax-field) in līnetwige lintwhite

Other words from Lint

lint·less , adjective
de·lint , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Lint

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

Synonyms for Lint

cord, cotton, filament, silk, strand, string, wire, wool, yarn, flax, floss, ligature, lisle, pile, ravel, raveling, stamen, staple, thrum, twine, warp, weft, woof