noun
lint
LINT/lɪnt/
Tiny loose fibers shed from cloth.
Lint clings to my black pants after I fold laundry.
Etymology
Lint first meant flax prepared for spinning or flax refuse, though its precise ancestry is uncertain. Its meaning broadened from loose flax fibers to stray cotton fluff and the cloth fibers familiar today.
In context
the lint looks the way it does and it has what lint has in it. It has fibers and labels and hair and dust
More examples
- Clean the lint from the dryer filter after each load.
- She uses a sticky roller to remove lint from her coat.
- I find a little lint in my pocket.
Forms
linty adjective — Covered with or containing loose cloth fibers.