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1cotton bud — noun A small stick with a piece of cotton wool on the end(s), used for cleaning small body orifices, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑cotton * * * cotton bud UK US noun [countable] [singular cotton bud plural …
2cotton wool — n [U] BrE 1.) a soft mass of cotton that you use especially for cleaning and protecting wounds ▪ She put some disinfectant on a piece of cotton wool and dabbed it on her cheek. 2.) wrap sb (up) in cotton wool to protect someone completely from… …
3cotton swab — cotton ,swab noun count AMERICAN a small plastic stick with a small piece of cotton at each end used, for example, for cleaning your ears …
4cotton bud — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cotton bud : singular cotton bud plural cotton buds British a small plastic stick with a small piece of cotton wool at each end used, for example, for cleaning your ears …
5Cotton Hill — Hank Hill (left), former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (middle), and Cotton Hill (right). First appearance Pilot (in a flashback) Shins of the Father (official) …
6Cotton duck — (from Dutch doek, linen canvas ), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, commonly called canvas outside the textile industry, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. There is also linen duck, which is less often used. Duck is used… …
7piece goods — ➔ goods * * * piece goods UK US noun [plural] COMMERCE, ► pieces of cloth such as curtains, etc. that are produced and sold in standard sizes: »cotton and silk piece goods …
8Cotton — For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). Cotton Hi …
9Cotton gin — Eli Whitney s cotton gin patent, March 14, 1794 …
10cotton — I UK [ˈkɒt(ə)n] / US [ˈkɑt(ə)n] noun Word forms cotton : singular cotton plural cottons ** 1) [uncountable] cloth made from the white fibres of a plant called a cotton plant a) [only before noun] made from cotton cloth a flowered cotton dress b)… …
