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ABSORBENT COTTON

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Dictionary entry overview: What does absorbent cotton mean?

• ABSORBENT COTTON (noun)
The noun ABSORBENT COTTON has 1 sense:

1. cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax

Familiarity information: ABSORBENT COTTON used as a noun is very rare.

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• ABSORBENT COTTON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("absorbent cotton" is a kind of...):

absorbent; absorbent material (a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance)

cotton; cotton fiber; cotton wool (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)

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