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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 fabricplay

  Familiarity information: RAVELING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAVELING (noun)


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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