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RAVELING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raveling mean?
• RAVELING (noun)
The noun RAVELING has 1 sense:
1. a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
Familiarity information: RAVELING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
raveling; ravelling
Hypernyms ("raveling" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Holonyms ("raveling" is a substance of...):
lint (fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers)
Derivation:
ravel (disentangle)
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