cotton wool
uncountable noun regional note: in AM, use cotton
Cotton wool is a soft mass of cotton, used especially for applying liquids or creams to your skin. [British]
All three work best applied with a cotton wool pad.
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Translations:
Chinese: 棉絮
Japanese: 脱脂綿
- listlessness
- list of nominees
- list of suspects
- list price
- listserv
- lit
- litany
- lit candle
- lit cigarette
- lite
- liter
- literacy
- literacy class
- literacy course
- literacy education
- literacy initiative
- literacy skill
- literacy standards
- literal
- literal description
- literal interpretation
- literally
- literally impossible
- literally true
- literal meaning