Usually means: Soft fibers compressed into sphere.
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  1. cotton ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. cotton ball: Vocabulary.com
  3. cotton-ball: Wordnik
  4. cotton ball: Wiktionary
  5. cotton ball: Dictionary.com
  6. cotton ball: Rhymezone
  7. cotton ball: FreeDictionary.org
  8. cotton ball: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. cotton ball: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cotton ball: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cotton Ball (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Cotton Ball: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cotton ball)

▸ noun:  A ball of cotton wool.

Similar:
cotton wool ball, cotton wool bud, pill, sweet ball, cotton bud, fuzzball, bobble, pouf, smokeball, tent, more...

Opposite:
steel wool, sponge, rough material, abrasive material

Types:
cotton swab, cotton pad, cotton swaddle, cottonelle, more...

Phrases:
cotton wool ball, Cotton ball diet, more...

Adjectives:
cotton, cotton-picking, fly, willy, boon, dyed-in-the-wool, pilled, loft, full, cottony, felt

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Similar:
cotton wool ball, cotton wool bud, pill, sweet ball, cotton bud, fuzzball, bobble, pouf, smokeball, tent, more...

Opposite:
steel wool, sponge, rough material, abrasive material

Types:
cotton swab, cotton pad, cotton swaddle, cottonelle, more...

Phrases:
cotton wool ball, Cotton ball diet, more...

Adjectives:
cotton, cotton-picking, fly, willy, boon, dyed-in-the-wool, pilled, loft, full, cottony, felt



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