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cottonize

cottonize verb: to treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.

Verb

cottonize (third-person singular simple present cottonizes, present participle cottonizing, simple past and past participle cottonized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.

Forms of cottonize

third-person singular presentcottonizes
present participlecottonizing
past participlecottonized
pastcottonized

Origin of cottonize

From cotton + -ize.

Questions about cottonize

What does cottonize mean?
Cottonize means to treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.
What part of speech is cottonize?
Cottonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cottonize?
The past tense of cottonize is cottonized.

Words near cottonize in the dictionary

  1. cottoning on
  2. cottoning on to
  3. cottoning onto
  4. cottoning to
  5. cottonization
  6. cottonize
  7. cottonized
  8. cottonizes
  9. cottonizing
  10. cottonless
  11. cottonlike

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