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cotton wool
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) raw fibers of cotton before being processed 2 (context British English) absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton , Hacqueton .] A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He soaked bits of cotton wool in essential oils and passed it under the noses of his patients. ▪ Keep your toes apart with cotton wool , tissues or rubber toe-spacers. ▪ My fingers seemed to be made of cotton wool . ▪ On the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state [syn: cotton ]
Usage examples of cotton wool.
His brain had stopped working, had turned to cotton wool, and he could think no coherent thought.
Morrie examines his nose and swabs out a bit of blood with cotton wool on a small stick and says there's nothing broken, Bozo's going to keep his nice straight nose.
His head still felt stuffed with damp cotton wool, though, and the back of his throat was raspy with salt.
It will live for over a week like this, as long as the cotton wool is renewed every few days, or daily in hot weather.
They look like light pieces of cotton wool, and their presence usually announces some sudden change in the weather.
Many had balls of cotton wool stuffed in their ears, but they courted deafness as well as death with every shot.
On this cotton wool the condemned man is laid, face down, quite naked, of course.
He knew the procedure: place a thin, circular pad of cotton wool under each lid to compensate for the sinking of the eyeballs into the socket.
He removed a tuft of cotton wool, shook out one of the little pills, and slid it under his tongue as Rhoodie had told him to do.
There was no silence for even though his hearing was dulled, as though his eardrums were filled with cotton wool, yet he could still hear the echoes of the drill thunder resounding against the roof of his skull.
And the decorations: the paper holly and berries, the spiralling streamers of crepe paper, the cotton wool and the Jack Frost that stuck to fingers and clothes, the balloons, the lanterns.
The small pimples of cotton wool were still stuck to his bright new chin but his eyes were dark and old and tired.