wool

natural fibre from the soft hair of sheep or other mammals
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wool

Summary

wool is a fiber[1]. wool draws 2,215 Wikipedia views per month (fiber category, ranking #4 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • wool's instance of is recorded as fiber[3].
  • wool is made of fur[4].
  • wool is made of wool hair[5].
  • wool is a type of animal fiber[6].
  • wool is used for wool[7].
  • wool's Commons category is recorded as Wool[8].
  • wool's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wool[9].
  • wool's Commons gallery is recorded as Wool[10].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[11].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[12].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[16].
  • wool's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • wool's different from is recorded as Wełna[18].
  • wool's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

Body

Definition and Type

wool's instance of is recorded as fiber[3]. wool is a type of animal fiber[6].

Use and Application

wool is used for wool[7].

Influence

Things named for wool include erionite[20], a mineral series[21].

Why It Matters

wool draws 2,215 Wikipedia views per month (fiber category, ranking #4 of 31).[2] wool has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] wool is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for wool include erionite[20], a mineral series[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Wełna
    Subclass of animal fiber
    Instance of
    Aliases
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10952, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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