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UKCotton wool
/kˈɒtən wˈʊl/
/kˈɑːʔn̩ wˈʊl/
Examples
1. Let's see, cotton wool ball, Bandage, wound dressing, wound dressing, sterile gauze pads, burn dressing.
2. A lot of the cotton wool traditionally used for bandages was being diverted to the manufacture of guncotton, a smokeless, highly flammable alternative to gunpowder.
3. Now, not only does she drink a jar of fresh wee every day, she also uses cotton wool to dab it all over her face, which she claims keeps her skin glowing.
4. It was a disposable substitute for face towels or cotton wool, not for sticking our noses in it when we have to clear our noses.
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