Cotton Wool (Noun)
Meaning
Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The cotton wool produced by the cotton plant was so soft and fluffy it felt like silk in her fingers.
- She gently plucked the cotton wool from the pod and watched as it floated gently away in the breeze.
- The field was filled with cotton wool as the farmers began harvesting the ripe cotton bolls.
- After the bolls opened and released their seeds, the cotton wool burst forth, a beautiful sight to behold.
- The raw cotton wool was carefully extracted and processed before being spun into yarn.