Fur vs. Wool

Furnoun

The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

Furnoun

The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.

Furnoun

A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.

Furnoun

A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

Furnoun

A thick pile of fabric.

Furnoun

The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

Furnoun

The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

Furnoun

The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

Furnoun

(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.

Furnoun

Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

Furnoun

A furry; a member of the furry subculture.

Furnoun

Pubic hair.

Furnoun

Sexual attractiveness.

Furverb

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

Furverb

(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

Furverb

To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Furpreposition

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Furnoun

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

Furnoun

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Furnoun

Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

Furnoun

Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

Furnoun

Any coating considered as resembling fur

Furnoun

One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

Furadjective

Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

Furverb

To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

Furverb

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

Furverb

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

Furnoun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Furnoun

dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

Furnoun

a garment made of fur

Furnoun

a member of a Muslim people of the mountainous and desert regions of south-western Sudan.

Furnoun

the language of the Fur, an isolated member of the Nilo-Saharan family, with about 500,000 speakers.

Furverb

coat or clog with a deposit

Furverb

covered with or made from a particular type of fur

Furverb

level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood

Furadjective

relating to the Fur or their language.

Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath.

Woolnoun

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

Woolnoun

A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.

Woolnoun

Anything with a texture like that of wool.

Woolnoun

A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.

Woolnoun

(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Woolnoun

yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)

Woolnoun

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; - chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Woolnoun

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Woolnoun

A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Woolnoun

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

Woolnoun

fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

Woolnoun

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

Woolnoun

the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn

Woolnoun

yarn or textile fibre made from wool

Woolnoun

the soft underfur or down of some mammals

Woolnoun

a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibres

Wool

Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.Wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.