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Related topics: Material & textiles, Hospitallint /lɪnt/ noun [uncountable] 1. especially American EnglishTIM soft light pieces of thread or wool that come off cotton, wool, or other material 〔棉、羊毛等的〕绒毛，飞花 SYN British English fluff2. British EnglishMH soft cotton material used for protecting wounds 〔保护伤口的〕软敷料Examples from the Corpuslint• The discharged sheet is much easier to manage and does not attract dust and lint.• Place a small towel or a piece of lint or soft fabric on top of the water.• He was tapping his foot impatiently, picking imaginary specks of lint from the sleeve of his coat.• He picked lint from his pants, rolled it into a ball, and flicked it across the room.• Always soft and fuzzed with pocket lint, they would sit on his tongue like dry bitter cotton.• It's a bandage, it's a sticking-plaster, it's lint, it's gauze, it's cream.• She flicked the lint from her hand and it fell to the carpet.Origin lint (1300-1400) Latin linum “flax, linen”; → LINE1lint nounChinese pieces or of light soft Corpus thread |