Cotton-wool

  • 71wool */*/ — UK [wʊl] / US noun [uncountable] thick hair that grows on sheep and some other animals a) fibre made from wool, used in knitting a ball of wool b) cloth made from wool. Clothes that are made of wool are called woollen clothes a wool jacket • See …

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  • 72cotton — noun 1》 a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is used as textile fibre and thread for sewing.     ↘fabric made from cotton fibre. 2》 (also cotton plant) the tropical and subtropical plant commercially… …

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  • 73cotton fiber — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton wool • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plant …

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  • 74cotton — 1 noun (U) 1 cloth or thread made from the white hair of the cotton plant: a crisp cotton shirt 2 a plant with white hairs on its seeds that are used for making cotton cloth and thread 3 BrE thread used for sewing 4 AmE cotton wool 2 verb cotton… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 75wool*/*/ — [wʊl] noun [U] 1) thick hair that grows on sheep and some other animals 2) fibre or cloth made from wool a ball of wool[/ex] a wool jacket[/ex] • See: cotton wool …

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  • 76cotton ball — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cotton ball : singular cotton ball plural cotton balls mainly American a cotton wool ball …

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  • 77cotton 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 …

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  • 78cotton ball — fluff of unprocessed cotton, cotton wool …

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  • 79cotton — n. Cotton wool, raw cotton …

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  • 80wool — vata statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Iškedentas ir sukarštas medvilnės pluoštas. atitikmenys: angl. cotton; wool rus. вата …

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