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Etymology
1. 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)
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Words that Rhyme with Cotton
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- macnaughton
- broughton
- braughton
- watton
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- lawton
- laughton
- houghton
- haughton
- gotten
- doughten
- daughton
- boughten
- auton
2. 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
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. cotton
verb. ['ˈkɑːtən, ˈkɔtən'] take a liking to.
Antonyms
- dissimilitude
Etymology
- cotoun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cotun (Anglo-Norman)