wood wool - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From the softness and appearance of the substance as reminiscent of wool.
- 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).