cotton wool bud

cotton wool bud
A short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end.
Syn: cotton bud, Q-tip

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  • cotton bud — noun A small stick with a piece of cotton wool on the end(s), used for cleaning small body orifices, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑cotton * * * cotton bud UK US noun [countable] [singular cotton bud plural …   Useful english dictionary

  • cotton bud — cotton buds N COUNT A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make up. [BRIT] (in AM, use Q tip) …   English dictionary

  • cotton bud — n BrE a small thin stick with ↑cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears American Equivalent: Q tip …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cotton bud — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cotton bud : singular cotton bud plural cotton buds British a small plastic stick with a small piece of cotton wool at each end used, for example, for cleaning your ears …   English dictionary

  • cotton bud — noun Brit. a small wad of cotton wool on a short, thin stick, used for cosmetic purposes or for cleaning the ears …   English new terms dictionary

  • cotton bud — noun (C) BrE a small thin stick with cotton wool at each end, used for cleaning places that are hard to reach, such as inside your ears; Q tip AmE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cotton — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 100%, pure ▪ a pure cotton T shirt ▪ light, thin ▪ She was shivering in her thin cotton dress ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • Seed bud — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Seed wool — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Q-tip — noun A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible, plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (UK)/cotton (US) at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears. Syn: cotton wool bud …   Wiktionary

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