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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| absorbent cotton n | (gauze) | algodão absorvente loc sf |
| | 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. |
| chino n | (cotton fabric) (tecido de sarja) | algodão chino loc sm |
| | Chino is a soft, lightweight fabric. |
| cotton n as adj | (made of cotton) | de algodão loc adj |
| | Your cotton dress won't be warm enough this evening. |
| | Seu vestido de algodão não será quente o bastante esta noite. |
| cotton n | US (cotton wool: fluffy fiber balls) | bola de algodão sf |
| | Jennie dabbed at her son's grazed knee with a damp cotton. |
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 field n | (plantation) | plantação de algodão loc sf |
| | | algodoal sm |
| cotton gin n | (machine: separates cotton) | descaroçador de algodão loc sm |
| | The invention of the cotton gin was important in the Industrial Revolution. |
| cotton picker n | (worker: picks cotton) | colhedor de algodão sm |
| | The cotton picker worked to fill her bag as quickly as possible. |
| cotton picker n | (machine: picks cotton) (máquina) | colheitadeira de algodão sf |
| | (máquina) | colhedeira de algodão sf |
| cottonseed n | (seed of the cotton plant) | caroço de algodão loc sm |
| cottontail n | (type of rabbit) | coelho-de-cauda-de-algodão sm |
| dungaree n | uncountable (heavy cotton fabric) | tecido de algodão pesado loc sm |
| dungarees npl | US (pants made out of dungaree) | calça feita de tecido de algodão pesado loc sf |
| fairy floss n | AU (cotton candy) | algodão-doce sm |
| linter n | (cotton seed machine) | máquina de beneficiamento de algodão loc sf |
| linter n | (cotton seed fibre) | fibra de algodão loc sf |
lisle,
lisle thread n | (type of thread) (tipo de fio) | fio fino de algodão loc sm |
| swab n | (medical: cotton wad for taking specimen, etc.) (BRA) | suabe sm |
| | (anglicismo) | swab sm |
| | (®) | cotonete sm |
| | (POR) | mecha de algodão loc sf |
| | The nurse rubbed a swab on the infected area. |
| | A enfermeira esfregou um suabe na área infectada. |