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cotton on
informal
to begin to understand a situation or fact
• I'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun
natural fiber:
Cotton is widely used for clothing.
Simple Definitions
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noun ADJ. pure a pure cotton T-shirt | light, thin shivering in her thin cotton nightdress | fine | rough | raw | printed | mercerized | sewing QUANT. reel (= pf cotton thread) | bale, bolt (= both of fabric) VERB + COTTON grow | pick COTTON + NOUN thread | bud, wool | field, plantation | industry, manufacturing | mill | manufacturer | reel
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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cotton
adjectives
thin/light cotton
• a thin cotton dress
fine cotton
(= thin and good quality )
• For summer, fine cotton is more comfortable.
pure cotton
(= not mixed with any other materials )
• shirts made from pure cotton
raw cotton
(= natural, and not prepared for use )
• They imported raw cotton from America.
50%/100 per cent etc cotton
• These lightweight trousers are made from 100% cotton.
cotton + NOUN
a cotton shirt/dress/jacket etc
• Egyptian cotton sheets are very expensive here.
cotton cloth/fabric
• cotton cloth from India
cotton thread
(= long thin cotton string that you use for sewing )
• I need some dark blue cotton thread.
the cotton industry/trade
• The cotton industry began to boom in the 1780s.
a cotton field/farmer/plantation etc
• Texas produced half of the US cotton crop.
a cotton mill
(= factory where cotton is made into thread or cloth )
verbs
be made of/from cotton
• The fabric is made of cotton or wool.
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