wire wool

English

Noun

wire wool (countable and uncountable, plural wire wools)

  2. Any of several wools made of metal wire; especially, steel wool (when not otherwise specified).
    Hypernym: wool
    Hyponyms: steel wool (loosely often synonymous); aluminum wool, brass wool
    Meronym: wire
    Coordinate terms: scourer, wool
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