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"etymology_text": "From the softness and appearance of the substance as reminiscent of wool.",
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"ref": "1990, Frank A. Paine, The Packaging User’s Handbook, page 576",
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"ref": "2016, Divya Anantharaman, Katie Innamorato, Stuffed Animals: A Modern Guide to Taxidermy, page 45",
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"ref": "2017, IBO Österreichisches Institut für Baubiologie und -ökologie, Details for Passive Houses: Renovation:",
"text": "Wood wool panels are also manufactured as a composite panel with insulating materials (EPS insulating panels, polyurethane insulating panels, mineral wool insulating panels).",
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"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."
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"ref": "2016, Divya Anantharaman, Katie Innamorato, Stuffed Animals: A Modern Guide to Taxidermy, page 45",
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"word": "wood wool"
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