COTTON WOOL Definition & Meaning

cotton wool

cotton wool

Usual US term: absorbent cotton.��Also called: purified cotton.��bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
cotton in the natural state
informal��
1. a state of pampered comfort and protection
2. ( as modifier )
  a cotton-wool existence

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First recorded in 1590–1600

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"It just really makes you just want to wrap him up in cotton wool."

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Photographs of the illegal haul shared by the KWS show hundreds of these containers packed with cotton wool, each with two or three ants.

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"For Arsenal to achieve anything they have to keep Havertz fit and wrap him up in cotton wool. That is a big ask."

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It also advises using damp cotton wool to clean the eyes.

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She decorated it economically, using cotton wool to mimic snow, the auctioneers said.

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