cotton wool

cotton wool

n.1. Cotton in its natural or raw state.2. Chiefly British A cotton ball or a wad of cotton.

cotton wool

n 1. (Textiles) chiefly Also called: purified cotton Brit bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc. Usual US term: absorbent cotton 2. (Textiles) cotton in the natural state 3. informal a. a state of pampered comfort and protectionb. (as modifier): a cotton-wool existence.

cot′ton wool′

n. cotton in its raw state. [1590–1600]

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cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw statecotton, cotton fibercotton - fabric woven from cotton fiberscushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfortabsorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural waxlong-staple cotton - cotton with relatively long fibersshort-staple cotton - cotton with relatively short fibersplant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants

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