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cotton ball
[ kot-n bawl ]
noun
- a small ball of absorbent cotton:
The vet showed me how to clean Poco’s ears with a cotton ball soaked in this solution.
Word History and Origins
Origin of cotton ball1
Example Sentences
Then use a cotton swab or cotton ball to saturate the damaged area with the color.
I’ve never found a commercial fire starter capable of outperforming the Vaseline-soaked cotton balls I make at home, so I was skeptical of these.
I put a cotton ball and some duct tape around it, and it stopped.
Tuck him to make roasts 'n' chops of; 'n' if it was, we may be eatin' Cotton Ball for dinner some of these fine days.
But I never saw a hawk or even an eagle big and strong enough to tote off a half-grown sheep like Cotton Ball.
"The bravest war tiger would become a mouse with his body packed as closely as a cotton ball," said Chow surlily.
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