SEA-ISLAND COTTON

Meaning of SEA-ISLAND COTTON in English

■ noun a fine-quality long-stapled cotton grown on islands off the southern US.

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SEA ISLAND COTTON — noun Usage: often capitalized S&I Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern United States coast Date: 1805 a …
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SEA ISLAND COTTON — noun also sea island Usage: often capitalized S&I Etymology: from Sea islands, chain of islands in the Atlantic off the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA-ISLAND COTTON — /see"uy'leuhnd/ a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEA ISLAND COTTON — Usage: often capitalized S&I Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern United States coast Date: 1805 : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEA ISLAND COTTON — Function: noun Usage: often cap S&I Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern U.S. coast Date: 1805 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SEA ISLAND COTTON — [sea island cotton] n, often cap S&I [Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern U.S. coast] (1805): a cotton …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEA-ISLAND COTTON — (текстильное) длинноволокнистый хлопок "си-айленд"
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SEA-ISLAND COTTON — текст. длинноволокнистый хлопок «си-айленд»
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SEA-ISLAND COTTON — текст. длинноволокнистый хлопок «си-айленд»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SEA-ISLAND COTTON — текст. длинноволокнистый хлопок «си-айленд»
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SEA ISLAND COTTON — хлопок "си-айленд" Сорт длинноволокнистого хлопка. Родина - острова Си-Айлендс [Sea Islands]. Сейчас распространен по всему Атлантическому побережью южных штатов и на …
SEA ISLAND COTTON — хлопок "си-айленд" Сорт длинноволокнистого хлопка. Родина - острова Си-Айлендс [Sea Islands]. Сейчас распространен по всему Атлантическому побережью южных штатов и …
SEA-ISLAND COTTON — (текстильное) длинноволокнистый хлопок "си-айленд"
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SEA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) sea parrot sea coot sea scorpion sea star seismic sea wave sea trout Southern …
Английский словарь Британика
ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
Английский словарь Британика
COTTON — I Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Английский словарь Британика
SEA — I. ˈsē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English see, from Old English sǣ; akin to Old Frisian sē sea, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ISLAND
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COTTON — I. ˈkät ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA — /see/ , n. 1. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. 2. a division of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ISLAND — — islandish, islandlike , adj. — islandless , adj. /uy"leuhnd/ , n. 1. a tract of land completely surrounded by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COTTON — /kot"n/ , n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COTTON — I. ˈkä-t ə n noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Anglo-French cotun, from Old Italian cotone, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEA — noun fig.: anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. 2. sea ·noun a great brazen laver …
Webster English vocab
ISLAND — noun ·see isle, ·noun, 2. 2. island ·noun anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice. 3. …
Webster English vocab
COTTON — noun cloth made of cotton. 2. cotton ·noun the cotton plant. ·see cotten plant, below. 3. cotton ·vi to rise …
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SEA — [sea] n [ME see, fr. OE sae; akin to OHG se sea, Goth saiws] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a great …
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ISLAND — [is.land] n [alter. (influenced by OF isle) of earlier iland, fr. ME, fr. OE igland (akin to ON eyland), fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COTTON — [cot.ton] n, often attrib [ME coton, fr. MF, fr. Ar qutun] (14c) 1 a: a soft usu. white fibrous substance …
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ISLAND — any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, …
Britannica English vocabulary
COTTON — seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family and native to most …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEA — sea BrE AmE siː (= see) ▷ seas siːz ▶ ˈ sea a ˌ nemone BrE AmE ▶ ˈ sea …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ISLAND — island BrE AmE ˈaɪl ənd ▷ island|ed ɪd əd ▷ island|ing ɪŋ ▷ island|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COTTON — cotton, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɒt ə n AmE ˈkɑːt ə n ▷ cotton|s z ▶ ˌ cotton ˈ candy BrE …
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SEA — / siː; NAmE / noun 1. (often the sea ) [ U ] (also literary seas [ pl. ]) ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ISLAND — / ˈaɪlənd; NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. I , I. , Is. ) a piece of land that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — / ˈkɒtn; NAmE ˈkɑːtn/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a plant grown in warm countries for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEA — sea S2 W1 /siː/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sæ ] 1 . [uncountable and countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ISLAND — is ‧ land S3 W2 /ˈaɪlənd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: igland , from ig …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COTTON — I. cot ‧ ton 1 W3 /ˈkɒtn $ ˈkɑːtn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEA
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEA
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COTTON — n. & v. n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEA
Oxford English vocab
COTTON — n. & v. --n. 1. a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full …
Oxford English vocab
SEA — ( seas) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The sea is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — ( cottons, cottoning, cottoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COTTON — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Cotton is a …
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SEA
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ISLAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an island chain ▪ the island chain from Asia to Australasia desert island traffic island …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COTTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress ▪ Ellie chose a green silk dress. cotton bud cotton candy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEA — [noun] - the salty water which covers a large part of the surface of the Earth, or a large area …
Cambridge English vocab
ISLAND — [noun] [C] - a piece of land completely surrounded by watera desert islanda Pacific islandan uninhabited islandThey live on the …
Cambridge English vocab
SEA — n. sea slug sea parrot sea coot sea scorpion sea star seismic sea wave sea trout Southern Sea Adriatic Sea …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ISLAND — n. Holy Island Sandalwood Island Alcatraz Island Alexander Island Anticosti Island Baffin Island Banks Island Bathurst Island Block Island Cape …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. cotton bollworm Cotton Belt Cotton Club cotton gin Cotton John Cotton Sir Robert Bruce King Cotton Mather Cotton
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COTTON — n. Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium , in the mallow family , native to most subtropical …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ISLAND — Synonyms and related words : aerodrome, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, ait, archipelagian, archipelagic, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, close off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEA — n. 25B6; noun the sea sparkled in the sun : (THE) OCEAN, the waves; informal the drink; Brit. informal the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ISLAND — n. 25B6; noun ISLE, islet; atoll; Brit. holm; ( islands ) archipelago. See list. insular. Largest Islands island country/countries Greenland …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COTTON — n [ U ] a type of cloth made from a plant and used for making clothes. In the 19th …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ISLAND — noun 1 BAD : I was on holiday with my parents on the island Capri. GOOD : I was on …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SEA — 1. сущ. 1) а) водная поверхность земного шара; море at sea ≈ в море beyond/over the sea(s) ≈ за морем; …
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