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cotton(dictionary)
cotton(2)(dictionary)
cotton(1)(dictionary)
Cotton rat(health)
cotton gin(encyclopedia)
cotton(encyclopedia)
cotton bud(dictionary)
Cotton(medicine)
cotton gin(dictionary)

cotton wool (iou) and permansive (iou)


cotton wool (iou)



cotton wool noun & adjectival phr. LME.
[from COTTON noun1 + WOOL noun.]
A. noun.
Raw cotton as gathered from the bolls of the cotton-plant. Now US. LME.
Raw cotton prepared for use as packing or wadding; this substance with its natural wax removed, used as a soft absorbent material. M19.
b. fig. Excessive comfort or protection. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of or resembling cotton wool; protected as if with cotton wool. M17.
cotton-'woolly adjective resembling cotton wool E20.

permansive (iou)



permansive adjective. M19.
[Latin permans- pa. ppl stem of permanere remain (see PERMANENT) + -IVE.]
Grammar. Of a tense: denoting a permanent state.