cotton
nounHow many syllables in cotton?
There are 2 syllables in the word cotton.Divide cotton into syllables:
cot · ton
How to pronounce cotton:
Definition of cotton:
- cotton (noun):
- a threadlike animal or plant tissue
- soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.
- 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
Synonyms for cotton:
stringyarnstrandthreadlineAntonyms for cotton:
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