lint

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

Fussel

charpie

pelusa

pluis

fiapo

hilas

βαμβάκι

peluche

garza

carpia

Papierstau

Fluse

llinet

Mull

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/lɪnt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: 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”).