- cotton wool ball
- ,cotton wool `ball noun count MAINLY BRITISHa COTTON BALL
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
cotton wool ball
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cotton wool ball — UK US noun [countable] [singular cotton wool ball plural cotton wool balls] a small ball of cotton wool , used for cleaning a cut in your skin, removing make up , or cleaning a baby … Useful english dictionary
cotton wool ball — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cotton wool ball : singular cotton wool ball plural cotton wool balls a small ball of cotton wool, used for cleaning a cut in your skin, removing make up, or cleaning a baby … English dictionary
cotton wool — (British) fluff of unprocessed cotton, cotton ball … English contemporary dictionary
cotton ball — noun a fungus disease of cranberries • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * noun : a disease of the cranberry caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia oxycocci) that forms a cottony mass of mycelium in the center of affected berries * * * cotton ball UK US… … Useful english dictionary
cotton ball — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cotton ball : singular cotton ball plural cotton balls mainly American a cotton wool ball … English dictionary
wool — [wul] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: wull] 1.) the soft thick hair that sheep and some goats have on their body →↑lambswool 2.) material made from wool ▪ a pure wool skirt ▪ a mix of 80% wool and 20% man made fibres ↑knitting needle, ↑wool 3.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
cotton bud — cotton buds N COUNT A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make up. [BRIT] (in AM, use Q tip) … English dictionary
Cotton — For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). Cotton Hi … Wikipedia
wool */*/ — UK [wʊl] / US noun [uncountable] thick hair that grows on sheep and some other animals a) fibre made from wool, used in knitting a ball of wool b) cloth made from wool. Clothes that are made of wool are called woollen clothes a wool jacket • See … English dictionary
wool — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thick ▪ fine ▪ soft ▪ rough ▪ pure ▪ raw … Collocations dictionary
