raw+cotton

  • 41cotton-wool — n Brit ABSORBENT COTTON * * * cot·ton wool (kotґən wool) raw nonabsorbent cotton, especially the absorbent form prepared by removing the cottonseed oil …

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  • 42cotton gin — a machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * * Machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds. The design that became standard was invented in the U.S. by Eli Whitney in 1793. The mechanization of spinning in… …

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  • 43raw — raw1 [ rɔ ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not cooked ▸ 2 strong/natural ▸ 3 facts: not examined ▸ 4 not trained ▸ 5 skin: sore ▸ 6 weather: cold ▸ 7 with sexual language ▸ 8 with loose fibers ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) raw food has not been cooked, or has not been… …

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  • 44raw — I UK [rɔː] / US [rɔ] adjective ** 1) a) raw food has not been cooked, or has not been thoroughly cooked raw meat The chicken is still raw. b) raw substances have not been changed by any chemical processes raw silk/cotton There was raw sewage on… …

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  • 45Cotton production in Ethiopia — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Medical supplies for the front, including bales of cotton …

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  • 46raw*/ — [rɔː] adj 1) raw food has not been cooked raw meat[/ex] The chicken is still raw.[/ex] 2) a raw quality is strong and natural, without being controlled or made more pleasant Her performance was filled with raw emotion.[/ex] 3) raw substances have …

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  • 47Raw silk — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …

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  • 48cotton fiber — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton wool • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plant …

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  • 49cotton wool — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton fiber • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plan …

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  • 50cotton — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 100%, pure ▪ a pure cotton T shirt ▪ light, thin ▪ She was shivering in her thin cotton dress ▪ …

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