cotton
Plural: cottons
Noun
- soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
- fabric woven from cotton fibers
- erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
- thread made of cotton fibers
- fibrous substance
- A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
- fibrous substance
- Any similar soft, fibrous, white substance of fine hairs, of any origin.
- plant source
- A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber.
- plant source
- Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- manufactured product of such substance
- Textiles made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
- manufactured product of such substance
- An item of clothing made from such textiles.
- manufactured product of such substance
- Thread of such fiber.
- manufactured product of such substance
- A wick of a candle.
- A liking.
Verb
Verb Forms: cottoned, cottoning, cottons
- To take a liking or become friendly to; to grasp.
- take a liking to
- "cotton to something"
- To provide with cotton.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To provide with cotton.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- To provide with cotton.
- To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To provide with cotton.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- To provide with cotton.
- To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
- To provide with cotton.
- To make or become cotton-like
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To make or become cotton-like
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
- To make or become cotton-like
- To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
- To make or become cotton-like
- 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.
Adj
- Made of cotton.
Examples
- He couldn’t quite cotton to the idea of sacrificing a triple word score for a longer word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).
Synonyms
cotton fiber, cotton plant, cotton wool, shine
Scrabble Score: 8
cotton: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcotton: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cotton: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary