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cotton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cotton plant |
| Type of | bush, shrub |
| Has types | sea island cotton, arizona wild cotton, egyptian cotton, gossypium arboreum, gossypium barbadense, gossypium herbaceum, gossypium hirsutum, gossypium peruvianum, gossypium thurberi, levant cotton, peruvian cotton, tree cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton |
cotton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cotton fiber, cotton wool |
| Type of | plant fibre, plant fiber |
| Has types | short-staple cotton, long-staple cotton, absorbent cotton |
| Derivation | cottony |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | yarn, thread |
| Has types | lisle, lisle thread |
Examples of cotton
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He was never bad with the local media, but he didn't cotton to fans or boosters.
From the kentucky.com
Syrians are known for cotton pull-on scarves, the hijab equivalent of a T-shirt.
From the latimes.com
Women and men in another room hunch over sewing machines, hemming cotton towels.
From the boston.com
He bought a tannery and exported leather, as well as sesame, cotton and sorghum.
From the time.com
Ikea, for example, uses 100,000 tons of cotton a year, much of it from Pakistan.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In this case it is gold, but it could equally be timber, foodstuffs, cotton etc.
From the guardian.co.uk
It has been in existence since 1845, when slaves handpicked cotton in the South.
From the cnn.com
Cotton added that library records show that the book had never been checked out.
From the ocregister.com
Its rich black soil supported some of the state's wealthiest cotton plantations.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
- Take a liking to; "cotton to something"
- Fabric woven from cotton fibers
- Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
- (cottony) resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
- Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant (plants of the genus Gossypium). The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas,Africa , India and Pakistan. ...
- The Cotton Motorcycle Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton (Motorcycles) Ltd, and traded till 1980.
- A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth; A type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber; The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant; An item of clothing made from cotton; To get on with someone or something; to have a ...
- (cottons) (v): suits, goes well. NFS. Cf. Lyly Campaspe; (anon.) Ironside; Troublesome Raigne.
