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cotton-wool

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
cot-ton--wool
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cotton wool.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To cover with, or in, cotton wool.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

cotton-wools (plural) cotton-wools (present, singular) cotton-wooling (participle, present) cotton-wooled (participle, past) cotton-wooled (past)

Questions

What does cotton-wool mean?
Alternative form of cotton wool.

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