cotton

Definition of cotton in English English dictionary: A surname; The name of several settlements around the world; A habitational surname; To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone; An item of clothing made from cotton; The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant; A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth; A type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber; Made of cotton; {n} a kind of plant, wool, stuff made of it; {v} to rise with a nap, unite; {i} family name; To cotton to a person To cling to one or take a fancy to a person To stick to a person as cotton sticks to our clothes; natural fiber obtained from the boll of the cotton plant; Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half; A natural fiber of high cellulosic content; fabric woven from cotton fibers; To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; used with to; Fabric made of yarn spun and woven from the seed pod of the cotton plant, frequently blended with other fibers Popular for home textiles because of natural, environmentally safe properties; {f} like; be friendly with; (Informal) catch on, start to understand, cotton on; A highly absorbent natural fabric Unlike wool, provides no insulating properties when wet Cotton is good for very hot conditions because it actually sucks heat from the body when wet However, in any other climate cotton can be uncomfortable or even dangerous Wearing wet cotton when its cold out is actually worse than no clothes at all; Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces soft fibres used in making cotton cloth. a large cotton plantation in Tennessee; A process in which heroin and other drugs are drawn into a syringe through a piece of cotton to filter; To go on prosperously; to succeed; A unicellular, natural fiber that grows in the seed pod of the cotton plant Fibers are typically 1/2 inch to 2 inches long The longest staple fibers, longer than 1 1/2 inch, including the Pima and Egyptian varieties, produce the highest quality cotton fabrics; Cloth made of cotton; A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant; fabric woven from cotton fibers thread made of cotton fibers erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state take a liking to; "cotton to something; natural vegetable fiber of great economic importance as a raw material for cloth Its widespread use is largely due to the ease with which its fibers are spun into yarns Cotton's strength, absorbency, and capacity to be washed and dyed also make it adaptable to a considerable variety of textile products Cotton is produced by small trees and shrubs of a genus belonging to the mallow family, which also includes hibiscus, hollyhock, and the common mallow The immature flower bud, called a square, blooms and develops into an oval fruit called a boll that splits open at maturity, revealing a mass of long white hairs, called lint, that cover the numerous brown or black seeds When fully mature and dry, each of these hairs is a thin flattened tubular cell with a pronounced spiral twist, and is attached to a seed The length of the individual fibers ranges from 1 3 to 6 cm (1 to 21 in) Shorter fibers that grow from the seeds are called linters; The cotton plant; A useful natural fibre Unfortunately cotton fabrics are poor insulators when wet, and cotton garments should not be worn when paddling except in hot weather (Jeans should never be worn on the water ); A fabric, thread or garment made from the fibers of the cotton plant; thread made of cotton fibers; take a liking to; "cotton to something"; is a thread-like impurity in opal; One of the most commonly used plant fibers in the making of western papers Also called "rag" or "linters " Cotton is the purest form of celluloseproduced in nature and it requires the least amount of processing beforeit can be used; tropical and subtropical plant Fibres surround the seeds inside the ripened fruits, or bolls, and these are spun into yam for cloth Cotton production represents 5% of world agricultural output; {i} plant of the mallow family; white fluffy fibers produced by this plant; thread spun from cotton fibers; fabric woven from cotton thread; material that resembles cotton; silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state; Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. a cotton shirt; Soft vegetable fiber widely used in socks Cotton yarns are available in a wide variety of types and qualities Long staple combed cotton is generally considered to provide the finest quality cotton yarn for socks; erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers; The textile that is harvested from the cotton plant; Cotton, from the genus Gossypium of the Malvaceau family, is a natural soft fluffy fiber It comes from the surface of seed pods, otherwise known as bolls which grow from a bush like plant or small tree Variations among fibers occur from differing climates, soil, harvesting techniques, insect damage, and fertilizers The quality is determined by its strength, length, fineness, and whiteness The longer fibers are preferable as they make a stronger finer cotton It contains plant or "vegetable" fibers as opposed to protein or "animal" fibers which silk is made of Plant fibers are a cellulose and cotton contains about 90 percent cellulose, 6 percent moisture and other natural impurities Procion Fiber Reactive dyes work best with cotton; The soft fiber obtained from the seed pod of the cotton plant It is spun into yarn and thread and woven into fabric; n kapas; Cotton is thread that is used for sewing, especially thread that is made from cotton. There's a needle and cotton there; A unicellular, natural fiber that grows in the seedpod of the cotton plant Fibers are typically 1/2 inch to 2 inches long The longest staple fibers, longer than 1 1/2 inch, including the Pima and Egyptian varieties, produce the highest quality cotton fabrics; To unite; to agree; to make friends; - - usually followed by with; Cotton is named for a shrubby plant (genus Gossypium) of the MALLOW family, for the fibers surrounding the seeds, and for the cloth woven from the spun fibers Each of the seeds, which are contained in capsules, or bolls, is surrounded by white or cream-colored downy fibers that flatten and twist naturally as they dry Cotton is tropical in origin but is now cultivated worldwide It has been spun, woven, and dyed since prehistoric times; To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does; a plant of the Genus Gossypium, which yields fiber for the manufacture of durable and permanent fine papers and cellulose derivatives The boll of the cotton plant is a capsule that bursts open when ripe, allowing the seed and attached lint (hairs) to be easily picked The cotton fiber is removed from the seed by the ginning process See also Cotton Linters Fiber from the seed pod of the cotton plant, the use of cotton dates back more than 5,000 years Quality depends on the length of the fiber, longer being better, and fiber lengths vary from less than one-half inch to more than two inches; A natural fiber derived from the cotton plant Some varieties are cotton poplin, a lighter-weight fabric used in summer pants; mercerized cotton, used to add body and shine to cotton; and twill, often used in heavier, long-sleeved, outdoor sport shirts; Cotton or absorbent cotton is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. cotton on to begin to understand something realize. Seed-hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium, in the mallow family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby plants produce creamy white flowers, followed by small green seedpods (cotton bolls), which contain the seeds. Fibres growing from the outer skin of the seeds become tightly packed within the boll, which bursts open at maturity to reveal soft masses of the white to yellowish white fibres. Cotton is harvested when the bolls open. One of the world's leading agricultural crops, cotton is plentiful and economically produced, making cotton products relatively inexpensive. The fibres can be made into a diverse array of fabrics suitable for a great variety of apparel, home furnishings, and industrial uses. Cotton fabrics can be extremely durable and are comfortable to wear. Nonwoven cotton, made by fusing or bonding the fibres, is useful for making disposable products including towels, polishing cloths, tea bags, tablecloths, bandages, and disposable uniforms and sheets for hospital and other medical uses. cotton bollworm Cotton Belt Cotton Club cotton gin Cotton John Cotton Sir Robert Bruce King Cotton Mather Cotton
Cotton effect: The characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance
cotton boll: The round, fluffy clumps in which form cotton grows on a cotton plant
cotton candy: Melted sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick
cotton gin: A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc
cotton gin: Any mechanism that separates one person from another, whether it be distance, time, or apathy
cotton on: To realize; come to understand
cotton reel: A Scottish highland country dance. A 4x40 bar reel for 4 couples in a 4-couple longwise set
cotton reel: A spool, or bobbin used to keep cotton thread tidy
cotton swab: A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic
cotton swabs: plural form of cotton swab
cotton to: To like; approve of, accept, or tolerate
He tried sneaking it past them, but they didn't cotton to his attempts.
cotton wool: absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use etc
cotton wool: raw fibers of cotton before being processed
cotton wool bud: A short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end
cotton wool buds: plural form of cotton wool bud
cotton wools: plural form of cotton wool
cotton-candy: Alternative spelling of cotton candy
cotton-picking: Describing a black person
cotton-picking: Describes a person who tends to become involved in matters outside of his area of concern
cotton-picking: Of little value, or for emphasis
cotton-picking: The harvesting of cotton
The season of cotton-picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays.
cotton gin: A Northerner, Eli Whitney, invented the cotton gin in 1793, thereby revolutionizing the southern economy and giving slavery a new life in the South The gin (engine) was a device for separating the seed of short-staple cotton from the fiber
Cotton Belt: An agricultural region of the southeast United States, concentrated particularly in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, where cotton became the predominant crop in the 19th century. the Cotton Belt an area in the southern US where cotton is grown. Agricultural region of the southeastern U.S. where cotton is the main cash crop. Once confined to the pre-Civil War South, the Cotton Belt was pushed west after the war. Today it extends primarily through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern Texas, and southern Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl: an important college football game held every year in Dallas, Texas
Cotton Club: Nightclub in New York City's Harlem district in the 1920s and '30s. It opened in 1922 at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue under the management of the reputed bootlegger Owney Madden (1892-1964). It became fashionable and featured the finest African American performers in the U.S., performing for an exclusively white audience. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, and Ethel Waters were among its featured artists. The club later moved downtown (1936-40)
Cotton Mather: a US Christian leader who was a Puritan. He supported the Salem Witch Trials in 1692, when a court in Salem, Massachusetts, decided that 20 people were guilty of witchcraft (=using magic for evil purposes) and killed them as punishment (1663-1728). born Feb. 12, 1663, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony died Feb. 13, 1728, Boston American Puritan leader. The son of Increase Mather, he earned a master's degree from Harvard College and was ordained a Congregational minister in 1685, after which he assisted his father at Boston's North Church (1685-1723). He helped work for the ouster of the unpopular British governor of Massachusetts, Edmund Andros (1689). Though his writings on witchcraft fed the hysteria that resulted in the Salem witch trials, he disapproved of the trials and argued against the use of "spectral evidence." His best-known writings include Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), a church history of New England, and his Diary (1711-12). His Curiosa Americana (1712-24) won him membership in the Royal Society of London. He was an early supporter of smallpox inoculation. See also Congregationalism; Puritanism
cotton ball: fluff of unprocessed cotton, cotton wool
cotton ball: a fungus disease of cranberries
cotton batting: Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes
cotton belt: region in the southern United States where cotton is grown
cotton bud: (British) small piece of absorbent material attached to a stick, cotton swab, Q-tip (registered trademark)
cotton bud: 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
cotton candy: fluffy candy made from sugar that is spun with hot air and usually wrapped around a paper cone or small wooden stick
cotton candy: a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
cotton candy: Cotton candy is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events. A light, very sweet candy of threaded sugar, often tinted with food coloring and twirled onto a stick. Also called spun sugar. candyfloss
cotton cloth: fabric woven from cotton fibers
cotton flannel: a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side
cotton gin: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
cotton gin: Machine perfected in 1793 by American inventor Eli Whitney to separate cotton from its seed
cotton gin: a nickname of cotton engine (machine to clean cotton); it increased the demand for slave labor as an unintended effect
cotton gin: A machine that separates the seeds, seed hulls, and other small objects from the fibers of cotton. a machine that separates the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton (gin 1300-1400 From engin ). Machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds. The design that became standard was invented in the U.S. by Eli Whitney in 1793. The mechanization of spinning in England had created a greatly expanded market for U.S. cotton, but production was bottlenecked by the manual removal of the seeds from the raw fibre. The cotton gin pulled the cotton through a set of wire teeth mounted on a revolving cylinder, the fibre passing through narrow slots in an iron breastwork too small to permit passage of the seed. The simplicity of the invention caused it to be widely copied. It is credited with making cotton the most important export crop of the U.S. before the American Civil War, as settlers and their slaves spread westward through prime cotton-growing regions of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas
cotton gin: machine which separates cotton fibers from the seeds
cotton grass: any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
cotton grass: Any of various perennial grasslike plants of the genus Eriophorum native chiefly to wet places in northern temperate and cold regions and bearing at maturity one or more conspicuous tufts of cottony bristles
cotton mill: a textile mill for making cotton textiles
cotton mouse: large dark mouse of southeastern United States
cotton on: If you cotton on to something, you understand it or realize it, especially without people telling you about it. She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on! = catch on
cotton on: {f} catch on, start to understand
cotton picking machine: machine which removes cotton from plants, machine which harvests cotton
cotton rat: destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
cotton rose: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
cotton seed: The seed of the cotton plant
cotton seed oil: oil obtained from the seed of the cotton plant used in salad and cooking oils
cotton stainer: a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton
cotton stainer: Any of various small, flat, red and black bugs of the genus Dysdercus that pierce cotton bolls and stain the fibers
cotton state: Alabama; a nickname
cotton strain: feeds primarily on cotton
cotton swab: small piece of absorbent material attached to a stick, Q-tip (registered trademark)
cotton thistle: biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
cotton to: If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them. His style of humor was very human, and that's why people cotton to him It seemed to me that I was being shut out of the dialogue and that's something I just don't cotton to
cotton wool: silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
cotton wool: (British) fluff of unprocessed cotton, cotton ball
cotton wool: Cotton wool is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. Cotton in its natural or raw state
cotton-picking: used to emphasize that you are annoyed or surprised
combed cotton: (Tekstil) Combed cotton is an extremely soft version of cottoncottoncotton made by specially treating the cottoncottoncotton fibers before they are spun into yarn. As a general rule, combedcombedcombed cottoncottoncotton is slightly more expensive than conventional cottoncottoncotton. The extremely soft, strong material is ideal for making bed linens and clothing which will be worn against the skin. If the textile used in a cottoncottoncotton product is combedcombedcombed cottoncottoncotton, it will usually be clearly identified
combed cotton: Cotton which has been picked and partly processed
common cotton grass: having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
King Cotton: A set phrase in the Southern United States used mainly by Southern politicians and authors who wanted to illustrate the importance of the crop to southern economy
all-cotton: Describing fabric that is purely cotton rather than a blend with synthetic fibers
buy cotton: to lack employment
I never knew how old Mr Radley made his living - Jem said he bought cotton, a polite term for doing nothing.
high cotton: the best of times; a time of well being
You're in high cotton.
lavender cotton: Ground cypress, Santolina Chamaecyparissus
cottons: {i} cotton clothes (Informal)
cottons: plural of cotton