cotton

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
  2. noun fabric woven from cotton fibers
  3. noun erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

Etymology

From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cotton fiber, cotton wool

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