raveling

English Thesaurus

1. a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	fiber, fibre,
definition	:	a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	lint,
definition	:	fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers (noun.substance)

derivation	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)

derivation	:	ravel, ravel out, unravel,
definition	:	disentangle (verb.contact)