wood wool
English
Etymology
From the softness and appearance of the substance as reminiscent of wool.
Alternative forms
- woodwool
- wood-wool
Noun
wood wool (uncountable)
- Fine shavings or fibers of wood, used as a stuffing, insulating or packing material, as a medical dressing, or combined with glue or cement to provide bulk to a building material.
- 1990, Frank A. Paine, The Packaging User’s Handbook, →ISBN, page 576:
- Wood wool has been widely used as a space filler for packaging glassware, pottery, ceramics, etc.
- 2016, Divya Anantharaman & Katie Innamorato, Stuffed Animals: A Modern Guide to Taxidermy, →ISBN, page 45:
- The only thing you can't make with wood wool is a head.
- 2017, IBO Österreichisches Institut für Baubiologie und -ökologie, Details for Passive Houses: Renovation:, →ISBN:
- Wood wool panels are also manufactured as a composite panel with insulating materials (EPS insulating panels, polyurethane insulating panels, mineral wool insulating panels).
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