Usually means: Fibers from plants, used widely.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cottons: Merriam-Webster
  2. cottons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cottons: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cotton's, Cottons, cotton's, cottons: Wordnik
  5. cottons: Wiktionary
  6. cottons: Dictionary.com
  7. cottons: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cottons: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cottons: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. cottons: Medical dictionary

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  1. cottons: Idioms

(Note: See cotton as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cotton)

noun:  Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
noun:  Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
noun:  Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
noun:  (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
noun:  (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
adjective:  Made of cotton.
verb:  (transitive) To provide with cotton.
verb:  To supply with a cotton wick.
verb:  To fill with a wad of cotton.
verb:  (horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
verb:  To cover walls with fabric.
verb:  (tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
verb:  To make or become cotton-like
verb:  To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
verb:  To develop a porous, cottony texture.
verb:  To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
verb:  To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
verb:  To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
verb:  To rub or burnish with cotton.
verb:  To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
noun:  The name of several settlements around the world
noun:  A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0645).
noun:  A habitational surname from Old English.
noun:  A surname from Hebrew.
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