wood wool

English

Alternative forms

• woodwool
• wood-wool

Etymology

From the softness and appearance of the substance as reminiscent of wool.

Noun

wood wool (uncountable)

1. 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.

   Synonym: (North America) excelsior

   Hypernym: wool

   Coordinate terms: sawdust, woodchips, woodflour, wood flour, woodmeal, woodshavings; wool; cotton wool; mineral wool

   • 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).

Translations

Translations

• German: Holzwolle (de) f
• Romanian: lână de lemn (ro) f
• Swedish: träull c