Lint – soft fluff that comes off material
(Pronounced lint)
Lint is soft fluff made up of tiny fibres which separate from cloth or yarn.
Lint is also soft fabric used for dressing wounds.
To remember the definition of the word lint, use the following mnemonic:
She leant (lint) against the Van de Graaff generator and her hair fluffed up.
Examples of lint in a sentence
He flicked the lint off the jacket of his suit.
Always remove the lint from the filter of your clothes dryer after every load has finished.
She rolled the lint in her pocket into a ball and put it in the bin.
