Definition of cotton swab
:a short stick that has round pieces of cotton at both ends
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cotton
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: a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family
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: a plant producing cotton
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: a crop of cotton
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: to take a liking
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: to come to understand
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swab
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: mop
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: a wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used especially for applying medication or for removing material from an area
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: a specimen taken with a swab
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: to clean with or as if with a swab
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: to apply medication to with a swab
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