cotton
cotton is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
- noun. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
- noun. Cloth made of cotton.
- intransitive verb. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
- intransitive verb. To go on prosperously; to succeed.
- intransitive verb. To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
- intransitive verb. To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
- noun. fabric woven from cotton fibers
- noun. thread made of cotton fibers
- noun. erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
- noun. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
- verb. take a liking to
"cotton to something"
Common word forms
cottons, cottoned, cottoner, cottoning, cottonize, cottonless
Words from these letters
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