Dictionary entry

Cotton

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒt(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒt(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဝါ(ပင်)။ ချည်ထည်။ အပ်ချည်။

Definition

cotton /'kɒtn/ n ၁။ [U] ဝါ(ပင္)။ working in the cotton fields. ၂။ ခ်ည္ထည္။ a cotton dress ❍ pure cotton. ၃။ ( esp Brit ) အပ္ခ်ည္။ a needle and cotton. ❏ cotton candy n [U] ( US ) = CANDYFLOSS ❏ cotton on (to sth) [ PHRV ] ( infml ) သေဘာေပါက္သြား သည္။ အထာေပါက္သြားသည္။ She's finally cottoned on to why he's promoting her faster than anyone else. ❏ cotton to sb [ PHRV ] ( US infml ) ခင္မင္သြားသည္။ ႏွစ္သက္မိသည္။ ❏ cotton wool n [U] ( esp Brit ) ဂြမ္း။ cotton wool balls ❍ ( fig ) You shouldn't wrap your children in cotton wool (ie protect them too much from the world).

Examples

  1. A flowered cotton dress
  2. A selection of pretty cottons
  3. Fields of cotton
  4. Get a needle and cotton and sew that button on.