lint

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
2. (uncountable, usually) A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
3. (uncountable, usually) The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. (uncountable, usually) Raw cotton ready for baling.

Verb

To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

Konzepte

Fussel

Papierstau

Flaum

Lein

Mull

Fluse

Scharpie

Baumwolle

Verbandmull

Flachs

Synonyme

fuzz

fluff

cotton wool

shred

cotton

dirt

down

dressing

duck

🦆

dust

flax

gauze

grime

gunny

hair

linseed

oakum

particle

pile

powder

staple

tow

wad

wadding

pilus

waste thread

lanugo

common flax

medical dressing

sack cloth

hessian linen

ashes

gunny cloth

batting

burlap

cinders

Übersetzungen

charpie

pelusa

βαμβάκι

peluche

hilas

carpia

garza

pluis

fiapo

llinet

lin

mouton

🐑

coton

gasa

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/lɪnt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: lynet

In summary

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).