Cotton - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- fabric woven from cotton fibers
- erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
- thread made of cotton fibers
verb
Extra examples
They are in the field picking cotton.
She doesn't wear cotton in the winter.
All I ask is that I may be able to cotton with the man she's set her heart on.
I cottoned to her at once.
They didn't cotton to the idea right away.
Made from 100% cotton.
All the interstices were cottoned up. (H. Marryat, Year in Sweden, 1862)
They are trying to develop foreign markets for American cotton.
The region produces large amounts of cotton and tobacco.
The paper is made from both cotton and wood fiber.
...used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard...
The dress is made of cotton jersey.
Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect the area.
Wisps of cotton candy clung to his mouth.
She is covered from head to foot in the loose chador of indigo cotton.
Phrasal verbs
cotton up — ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
Word forms
I/you/we/they: cotton
he/she/it: cottons
present participle: cottoning
past tense: cottoned
past participle: cottoned
singular: cotton
plural: cottons
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