lint

as in fur
a soft airy substance or covering it's important to clean the lint out of the dryer every time you use it

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Recent Examples of lint Among the items: a tuner, tampons, lint rollers, assorted papers, snacks, and an extra swimsuit and pair of underwear. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 No issue is too minor: faced with complaints that a particular black skinny jean tended to emerge from the dryer covered with lint, Uniqlo developed a lint-repellent coating. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 From sharing a surprise duet with local legend Chaka Khan to flicking away exes like lint; from singing within a ring of fire to presiding over a nearly nonstop club atmosphere where dancing was an opportunity to forget reality, Lipa made everything look effortless. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025 In my experience with other fabrics, sometimes dog hair will get sort of embedded in the weave and become extremely hard to remove, but a lint roller seems to get the job done easily with this sofa. Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lint
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Noun
  • Viewers flooded the comment section, gushing over Lightning's adorable look, fur color and all.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Zendaya was the silver star of the show in a knotty mini-dress with fur cuffs and collars.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys.
    Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Then began the process of trimming the pile down to a fraction of its size.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Lint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lint. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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