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cottonness

cottonness noun: the quality of being cotton.

Noun

cottonness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being cotton.
    • The few clothing items that are made of cotton make a sincere point of being cotton and tell you earnestly about their 100-percent cottonness with faux-hand-scribbled labels so obviously on the Green bandwagon they practically spit pine cones.2009 August 13, Cintra Wilson, “Playing to the Middle”, in New York Times

Origin of cottonness

From cotton + -ness.

Questions about cottonness

What does cottonness mean?
Cottonness means the quality of being cotton.
What part of speech is cottonness?
Cottonness is a noun.

Words near cottonness in the dictionary

  1. cottonless
  2. cottonlike
  3. cottonmouth
  4. cottonmouthed
  5. cottonmouths
  6. cottonness
  7. cottonocracy
  8. cottonocrat
  9. cottonocrats
  10. cottonoid
  11. cottonoids

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