a needle and cotton

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• cotton — cot|ton1 [ˈkɔtn US ˈka:tn] n [U] BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: coton, from Arabic qutn] 1.) cloth or thread made from the white hair of the cotton plant ▪ a white cotton shirt ▪ Made from 100% cotton. 2.) a plant with white hairs on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cotton — [[t]kɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ cottons, cottoning, cottoned 1) N MASS: oft N n Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. ...a cotton shirt. 2) N UNCOUNT Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces… …   English dictionary

• cotton — 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)… …   English dictionary

• cotton*/*/ — [ˈkɒt(ə)n] noun [U] I 1) cloth made from the white fibres of a plant called a cotton plant a cotton dress[/ex] 2) British THREAD used for sewing a needle and cotton[/ex] II verb cotton [ˈkɒt(ə)n] cotton on …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Cotton (video game) — The Cotton series is a line of shoot em up video game software developed by Success with a long history of releases both in arcades and on home video game consoles. With the series debuting in 1991, the Cotton games have helped to establish the… …   Wikipedia

• Cotton (series) — Title Screen of Cotton The Cotton (コットン) series is a line of shoot em up video game software developed by Success with a long history of releases both in arcades and on home video game consoles. With the series debuting in 1991, the Cotton games… …   Wikipedia

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