noun

cotton

cotton

This shirt is made of cotton.

This shirt is made of cotton.

Fields of cotton were ready for harvest.

Fields of cotton were ready for harvest.

((made of cotton)) made from the cotton plant This shirt is made of cotton.

Synonyms: fabric, textile, fiber

From Arabic 'quṭn'. The word traveled through Old Spanish and Old French to English.

Think of a soft 'cotton' ball. The sound of the word is soft, like the material itself.

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