lint: Meaning and Definition of

lint

Pronunciation: (lint), [key]
— n.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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