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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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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