1. cotton-seed_tree
noun. a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts.
Synonyms
- groundsel tree
- shrub
- genus Baccharis
- groundsel bush
- Baccharis
- bush
- consumption weed
Antonyms
- superior
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Words that Rhyme with Absorbent Cotton
- mcnaughton
- macnaughton
- broughton
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Example sentences of the word absorbent-cotton
1. Noun Phrase
Cover the glue stain with folded paper towels or absorbent cotton.
2. shock-absorbent
adjective. having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact.
Synonyms
- absorptive
Antonyms
- nonabsorbency
- resistant
3. absorbent
adjective. ['əbˈzɔrbənt'] having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).
Synonyms
- spongy
- spongelike
- receptive
- thirsty
- assimilating
- sorbefacient
- shock-absorbent
- absorbency
- hygroscopic
- assimilative
- absorptive
- absorbefacient
Antonyms
- nonabsorbency
- hard
- unreceptive
- efferent
Etymology
- absorbens (Latin)
4. absorbent
noun. ['əbˈzɔrbənt'] a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance.
Synonyms
- sponge
- sorbent
- absorber
- absorbent cotton
- absorbent material
Antonyms
- undesirous
- wet
- impermeability
- leader
Etymology
- absorbens (Latin)
5. cotton
noun. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.
Synonyms
- cotton wool
- cotton fiber
- short-staple cotton
- long-staple cotton
- plant fibre
- absorbent cotton
- plant fiber
- padding
Antonyms
- disapprove
- different
- unlike
- unalike
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)
6. cotton
noun. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] fabric woven from cotton fibers.
Synonyms
- cotton wool
- cotton fiber
- gauze
- cloth
- fabric
- material
- gauze bandage
Antonyms
- superior
- natural object
- insulator
- conductor
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)
7. cotton
noun. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] thread made of cotton fibers.
Synonyms
- thread
- lisle thread
- yarn
Antonyms
- unbodied
- immateriality
- incorporeality
- insubstantial
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)
8. cotton
noun. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers.
Synonyms
- Egyptian cotton
- Gossypium herbaceum
- Gossypium
- Gossypium thurberi
- genus Gossypium
- cotton plant
- bush
- Arizona wild cotton
- sea island cotton
- tree cotton
- cottonseed
- wild cotton
- upland cotton
- Peruvian cotton
- Gossypium hirsutum
- Gossypium barbadense
- Gossypium arboreum
- Levant cotton
- Gossypium peruvianum
Antonyms
- insubstantiality
- unworldly
- mental
- stay in place
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)
9. cotton
verb. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] take a liking to.
Antonyms
- dissimilitude
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)