Dictionary Definition
lint
Noun
1 fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
2 cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on
one side; used to dress wounds
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪnt
Noun
lintTranslations
a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen
cloth
- Finnish: haavaside
- Norwegian: lo
fuzzy fluff
- Finnish: nukka
- Norwegian: lo
- Swedish: ludd
* Spanish: pelusa f s
the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the
seeds of the cotton plant
Extensive Definition
Lint may mean:
- Fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant
- Fuzzy fluff that accumulates on various fabrics, which can be removed via a lint roller
- Fibers that become trapped in the lint filter of a clothes dryer
- Navel lint, an accumulation of fluffy fibers in one's navel
- Pocket lint, an accumulation of fibers found in pockets
Lint may also refer to:
- Tim Armstrong, a punk rock musician, known from Operation Ivy, Rancid, and Transplants
- Lint, Antwerp, a municipality located in Belgium
- lint (software), a tool to find problems in C source code
- Alstom LHB Coradia LINT, light rail vehicle built by Alstom
- LINT0 and LINT1, LINTX etc. the interrupt lines on x86 microprocessors
- LINT, a book by Steve Aylett
See also: Lindt
& Sprüngli (also known as Lindt), chocolate maker.
lint in German: Lint
lint in Hebrew: מוך
lint in Dutch: Lint
lint in Simple English: Lint
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, air
pollution, application, attritus, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, bran, cast, cataplasm, clue, compress, cosmic dust, cotton, court plaster, cravat, crumb, crumble, down, dressing, dust, dust ball, efflorescence, eiderdown, elastic bandage,
epithem, fallout, farina, filings, floss, flour, flue, fluff, four-tailed bandage,
fur, fuzz, gauze, grits, groats, kittens, meal, pile, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, powder, pussies, raspings, roller, roller bandage, rubber
bandage, sawdust,
sling, smut, soot, splint, sponge, stupe, swansdown, tampon, tape, tent, thistledown, tourniquet, triangular
bandage