lint

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lɪnt/

Definition of lint

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
    “Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
    “Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
  3. (uncountable, usually)The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
  4. (uncountable, usually)Raw cotton ready for baling.

verb

  1. (transitive)To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
    “You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

Anagrams of lint

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Words you can make from lint

10 playable · top: LIN (3 pts)

Best play lin 3 points

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

5 extensions · 3 front · 2 back

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