ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ravelly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Ravelly is an adjective meaning tangly; entwined like fibres.

Meaning

tangly; entwined like fibres.

Example Sentences

One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.
Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tangly, yarnlike, ravelled, twiny, yarny, knotted.

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