* Small, knotted, or tangled clumps of cotton fibers * Small tangled masses of fibers which show as white specks in yarns and fabrics; comparable with off- shade specks
Small bundle of tangled undeveloped cotton fibres The undeveloped cotton does not take dyestuff, and thus neps appear as small white dots in fabric Normally used in the plural, as you seldom find just one nep This fabric is full of neps!