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cotton batting
noun
- absorbent cotton pressed into pads or layers for use in dressing wounds, filling quilts, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cotton batting1
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Example Sentences
It was Jim Carter, whose suit of cotton batting, decorated with tinsel and cedar, was most becoming.
Near by were little heaps of cotton-batting, wrapping-cord, and hair.
Several thicknesses of flannel are taken, wrung out of very hot water, covered with cotton batting, and then with oiled silk.
Place this over a piece of cotton batting, over which a piece of wire has been twisted, leaving ends long enough for a stem.
In such a case, it is important not to use cotton batting, since this sticks to the rough surface and causes pain when removed.
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