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lints

noun

plural of lint
as in furs
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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  1. furs
  2. piles
  3. downs
Noun
  • Pony fur falls under an umbrella category of animal furs that accounted for $468,330 of Canadian exports to the United States last year, according to US trade data.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Chandeliers hang from sandstone ceilings while jewel-tone wallpaper, furs, and velvet warm things up.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of furs
Noun
  • Eventually, the firms dumped the valuable slag into waste piles and wrote off the metals inside.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Some T-shirts and hats were handed out, but players only briefly put them on before adding them to the piles some of them have at home.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Defensive line bat downs and sacks haunted Rogers, who finished the game with 192 yards passing and two touchdowns with two interceptions as well as a less than 50% completion on passes.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Buffalo was called for roughing the kicker and first-year Albany coach Tom Perkovich took a fresh set of downs and the points off the board.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of downs
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