ALL meanings of cotton
cot·ton
C c - variable noun cotton Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. 3
- uncountable noun cotton Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces soft fibres used in making cotton cloth. 3
- variable noun cotton Cotton is thread that is used for sewing, especially thread that is made from cotton. 3
- uncountable noun cotton Cotton or absorbent cotton is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. 3
- noun cotton any of various herbaceous plants and shrubs of the malvaceous genus Gossypium, such as sea-island cotton, cultivated in warm climates for the fibre surrounding the seeds and the oil within the seeds 3
- noun cotton the soft white downy fibre of these plants: used to manufacture textiles 3
- noun cotton cotton plants collectively, as a cultivated crop 3
- noun cotton a cloth or thread made from cotton fibres 3
- noun cotton (as modifier) 3
- noun cotton any substance, such as kapok (silk cotton), resembling cotton but obtained from other plants 3
- noun cotton Sir Henry. 1907–87, English golfer: three times winner of the British Open (1934, 1937, 1948) 3
- noun cotton John1584-1652; Am. Puritan clergyman, born in England: grandfather of Cotton Mather 3
- noun cotton the soft, white seed hairs filling the seedpods of various shrubby plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family, originally native to the tropics 3
- noun cotton a plant or plants producing this material 3
- noun cotton the crop of such plants 3
- noun cotton thread or cloth made of cotton 3
- noun cotton a downy, cottonlike substance growing on other plants 3
- adjective cotton of cotton 3
- noun cotton fabric 1
- noun cotton made of cotton 1
- noun cotton plant used for fibres 1
- noun cotton fibers of cotton plant 1
- noun cotton John, 1584–1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). 1
- verb without object cotton Informal. to get on well together; agree. 1
- verb without object cotton Obsolete. to prosper or succeed. 1
- noun cotton A soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing. 1
- noun cotton A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth. 0
- noun cotton Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. 0
- noun cotton (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant. 0
- noun cotton (Countable Noun) An item of clothing made from cotton. 0
- verb cotton To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone. 0
- adjective cotton Made of cotton. 0