cotton

Definitions

1. A liking.
   no-plural
2. The name of several settlements around the world
3. A surname from Hebrew.
4. fibrous substance
   uncountable, usually
5. A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
   uncountable, usually
6. cotton (plant, textile fiber)
7. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0645).
8. Any similar soft, fibrous, white substance of fine hairs, of any origin.
   uncountable, usually
9. cotton wool
10. A habitational surname from Old English.
11. plant source
    uncountable, usually
12. A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber.
    uncountable, usually
13. ellipsis of algodón de azúcar
14. Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
    uncountable, usually
15. manufactured product of such substance
    uncountable, usually
16. Textiles made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
    uncountable, usually
17. An item of clothing made from such textiles.
    countable, usually
18. A small piece of cotton used as a filter when drawing up a drug into a syringe.
    uncountable, usually
19. Thread of such fiber.
    uncountable, usually
20. A wick of a candle.
    archaic, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965.”

“Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.”

“The little girls appeared, looking fresh and cool in pretty pink cottons, and we two elder ones seized the opportunity of making a more elaborate toilette than usual.”

“Do not re-use needles; use⟳ fresh cottons each time.”

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