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RAVELLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric

Synonyms:

raveling; ravelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ravelling" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Holonyms ("ravelling" is a substance of...):

lint (fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers)

Derivation:

ravel (disentangle)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb ravel

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