cotton
IPA: kˈɑtʌn
noun
- Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
- (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
- (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
- The name of several settlements around the world
- A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0645).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A surname from Hebrew.
verb
- (transitive) To provide with cotton.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- (horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- (tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
- To make or become cotton-like
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
- To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
- To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
- To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
- To rub or burnish with cotton.
- To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
adjective
- Made of cotton.
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Examples of "cotton" in Sentences
- The dog is swathed with cotton.
- The main crop in the area is cotton.
- Brocade is a shiny and polished cotton fabric.
- The fabric for the inner is red cotton flannel.
- The sugar was excreted through the cotton candy.
- In Jamaica, the quadrille dress is made of cotton.
- Cotton was the chief commodity in the nineteenth century.
- The cotton gin made efficiently cleaning the cotton easier.
- Flannelette is a light, napped cotton the texture of flannel.
- The locals produce the silk, the wool and the cotton fabric themselves.