The cloth used for bandages and gauze is made of absorbent cotton.
cotton candy (US), candyfloss, candy floss (UK), n
(confectionery: spun sugar) (tipo de doce)
algodão-doce sm
The cotton candy they sell at the circus is one of our favorite treats.
cotton candy (US), candyfloss, candy floss (UK), n
figurative ([sth] insubstantial) (figurado)
bobo sm
cotton ball (US), cotton wool ball (UK)n
(fluffy fiber ball)
chumaço de algodão sm + loc adj
bolinha de algodão sf + loc adj
I use a cotton ball to apply nail polish remover.
cotton fieldn
(plantation)
plantação de algodão loc sf
algodoal sm
cotton ginn
(machine: separates cotton)
descaroçador de algodão loc sm
The invention of the cotton gin was important in the Industrial Revolution.
cotton pickern
(worker: picks cotton)
colhedor de algodão sm
The cotton picker worked to fill her bag as quickly as possible.
cotton pickern
(machine: picks cotton) (máquina)
colheitadeira de algodão sf
(máquina)
colhedeira de algodão sf
cotton pickern
pejorative, offensive!!, US (derogatory: black person) (figurado, pejorativo, ofensivo)
morador de senzala sm
Nota: O termo "cotton picker" é um termo pejorativo usado para referir-se aos negros que foram escravizados nos Estados Unidos, especialmente como "colhedores de algodão".
cotton swab (US), cotton bud (UK)n
(cotton wool on stick)
cotonete sm
You shouldn't put anything in your ears, but most people clean them with a cotton swab anyway.
cotton tickingn
(woven fabric used for bed linen) (tecido grosso e resistente de algodão)
lona sf
cotton wooln
UK (fluffy fiber)
algodão sm
Carys removed her make-up with a piece of cotton wool soaked in cleanser.
cottonmouth, cotton mouthn
US, informal (dry feeling in mouth) (sensação)
boca seca sf + adj
pledget, cotton pledgetn
(cotton compress)
atadura sf
wrap [sb] up in cotton wool, wrap [sb] in cotton woolv expr