Usually means: Steel fibers used for cleaning.
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  1. wire wool: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wire wool: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wire wool: Vocabulary.com
  4. wire wool: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. wire wool: Wiktionary
  6. wire wool: Dictionary.com
  7. Wire wool: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. wire wool: Rhymezone
  9. wire wool: FreeDictionary.org
  10. wire wool: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. wire wool: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. wire wool: Merriam-Webster

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  1. wire wool: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wire wool)

▸ noun:  Any of several wools made of metal wire; especially, steel wool (when not otherwise specified).

Similar:
steel-wool, steelwool, steel wool, woodwool, wood-wool, glasswool, cotton-wool, cottonwool, glass wool, skin wool, more...

Opposite:
wire sponge, foam scrubber, dish sponge

Types:
steel wool, copper wool, brass wool, more...

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Similar:
steel-wool, steelwool, steel wool, woodwool, wood-wool, glasswool, cotton-wool, cottonwool, glass wool, skin wool, more...

Opposite:
wire sponge, foam scrubber, dish sponge

Types:
steel wool, copper wool, brass wool, more...



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