Cotton
31cotton — I UK [ˈkɒt(ə)n] / US [ˈkɑt(ə)n] noun Word forms cotton : singular cotton plural cottons ** 1) [uncountable] cloth made from the white fibres of a plant called a cotton plant a) [only before noun] made from cotton cloth a flowered cotton dress b)… …
32COTTON — UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals) 15.5.1803 Addiscombe/UK 25.7.1899 Dorking/UK Sir General Arthur T. Cotton was a distinguished representative of the Madras Engineers. He arrived there in 1821. All his soldering was done in 1824 as a… …
33cotton on — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑twig, ↑get it …
34cotton — I n. 1) to gin; grow; pick; plant cotton 2) (AE) absorbent cotton 3) a bale of cotton II v. (colloq.) (AE) (d; intr.) ( to take a liking ) to cotton to * * * [ kɒtn] grow pick plant cotton (AE) absorben …
35cotton — noun 1》 a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is used as textile fibre and thread for sewing. ↘fabric made from cotton fibre. 2》 (also cotton plant) the tropical and subtropical plant commercially… …
36cotton — /ˈkɒtn / (say kotn) noun 1. a soft, white, downy substance, consisting of the hairs of fibres attached to the seeds of plants of the genus Gossypium, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, guncotton, etc. 2. a plant yielding cotton, as G.… …
37cotton — 1 noun (U) 1 cloth or thread made from the white hair of the cotton plant: a crisp cotton shirt 2 a plant with white hairs on its seeds that are used for making cotton cloth and thread 3 BrE thread used for sewing 4 AmE cotton wool 2 verb cotton… …
38cotton — {{11}}cotton (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. coton (12c.), ultimately (via Provençal, Italian, or Old Spanish) from Arabic qutn, a word perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American… …
39cotton — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Anglo French cotun, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic quṭun, quṭn Date: 14th century 1. a. a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the… …
40cotton — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 100%, pure ▪ a pure cotton T shirt ▪ light, thin ▪ She was shivering in her thin cotton dress ▪ …
