Meaning & use
worsted
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a smooth, fine wool yarn or fabric made from tightly twisted, combed wool fibers.
See it in a sentence
The suit was tailored from fine worsted wool.
The mill has produced worsted fabric for generations.
A note on using this word
Worsted is pronounced 'WOOS-tid,' not like 'worst-ed.' As a fabric term it refers to smooth, durable wool cloth; a separate archaic verb sense means 'defeated.'
Another way to use it
2. verb
defeated or got the better of someone (archaic or literary)
The champion was worsted in the final round.
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