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cotton gin

cotton gin noun: a machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.

Noun

cotton gin (plural cotton gins)

  1. A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.
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cotton gin meaning in Tamil, Gujarati and Persian

cotton gin in Tamil

பஞ்சுகடையெந்திரம், பஞ்சுமணை

cotton gin in Gujarati

cotton gin
ચરખો carkho

cotton gin in Persian

machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
ماشین پنبهپاککن mâšin-e panbepâkkon

Forms of cotton gin

pluralcotton gins

Questions about cotton gin

What does cotton gin mean?
Cotton gin means a machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.
What is cotton gin in Tamil?
Cotton gin in Tamil is பஞ்சுகடையெந்திரம், பஞ்சுமணை. See Cotton gin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cotton gin?
Cotton gin is a noun.
What is the plural of cotton gin?
The plural of cotton gin is cotton gins.

Words near cotton gin in the dictionary

  1. cotton fever
  2. cotton fish
  3. cotton fishes
  4. cotton fleahopper
  5. cotton fleahoppers
  6. cotton gin
  7. cotton gins
  8. cotton grass
  9. cotton lavender
  10. cotton mice
  11. cotton mill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cotton gin (page history and authors); cotton gin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચરખો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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