transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒt(ə)n ]
( cottons, cottoning, cottoned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant.
...a cotton shirt.
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2.
Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces soft fibres used in making cotton cloth.
...a large cotton plantation in Tennessee.
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3.
Cotton is thread that is used for sewing, especially thread that is made from cotton. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, use thread )
There’s a needle and cotton there.
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4.
Cotton or absorbent cotton is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. ( AM; in BRIT, use cotton wool )
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