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Fleece

FLEES/fliːs/

A fleece is a warm soft jacket, often polyester, common in British shops. Countable: a fleece, fleeces. Wear a fleece; a red fleece. A jumper is knitted; a coat is usually thicker for rain or winter. Not fleas (insects).

Meaning

A warm soft jacket, often made of polyester (British).

Examples

  • “Take a fleece; it is cold outside.”
  • “I left my fleece on the bus.”
  • “This fleece is too small for him.”

Good to know

a fleece (warm jacket). Contrast: jumper (knitted), coat (thicker). Mix-up: fleas.

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