woolen mill

Fabric production facility

A woolen mill is a factory where raw wool is processed into yarn or fabric.

The term evokes 18th- and 19th-century industry, when water-powered mills drove textile production in Britain and New England: The old woolen mill has been converted into apartments.

Also spelled woollen mill.

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weaving · woven fabric · factory · factory floor · cloth · fabric · sheep · carding · spindle · thread · natural fibers · dye · tweed · blanket · machinery · bobbin · shuttle · warp

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Opposites
fiber/material type

woolen millcotton gin

Fiber-seed separating machine

cotton mill · silk mill

production method

woolen millhand spinning

Creating yarn without machines

spinning wheel · cottage industry · artisan workshop · handweaving

Family

woolen, wool, mill, wools, woolly, woolens, wooly, mills, milled

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G