This common meaning refers to tiny fibers and pieces of thread shed by cloth and gathered into a soft mass.
The dark shirt was covered with lint.
Clean the lint from the dryer filter.
This medical meaning refers to soft fabric or fibrous material formerly or currently used as a wound dressing.
The nurse placed sterile lint over the wound.
Old medical kits often contained surgical lint.
In the cotton industry, lint refers to the usable fibers removed from cottonseed during ginning.
The gin separates cotton lint from the seeds.
High-quality lint is used to manufacture yarn.
