cotton-wool

See also: cottonwool and cotton wool

English

Noun

cotton-wool (countable and uncountable, plural cotton-wools)

1. Alternative form of cotton wool

Verb

cotton-wool (third-person singular simple present cotton-wools, present participle cotton-wooling, simple past and past participle cotton-wooled)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or in, cotton wool.

Translations

cover with, or in, cotton wool

• French: ouater (fr)