Meanings
plural cotton gins
- A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.
1 more example
Historians argue about the drivers of the British Industrial Revolution of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, but all recognize the profound social changes resulting from the exploitation of coal and iron, the building of canals, the development of clever new machines such as the spinning jenny and cotton gin for the textile industry.
2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, chapter 1: “From idea to reality”, pages 3–4
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque kotoi makina
- kotoi makinamachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Chinese Mandarin 軋棉機 /轧棉机, 軋花機 /轧花机
- 軋棉機 /轧棉机 (yàmiánjī)machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
- 軋花機 /轧花机 (yàhuājī)machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Danish egreneringsmaskine
- egreneringsmaskinemachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Finnish raastinkone
- raastinkonemachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
German Egreniermaschine
- Egreniermaschinemachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Irish scilligeoir, inneall scartha cadáis
- scilligeoirmachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
- inneall scartha cadáismachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Korean 조면기
- 조면기 (jomyeon'gi)machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Persian ماشین پنبهپاککن
- ماشین پنبهپاککن (mâšin-e panbepâkkon)machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Polish odziarniarka
- odziarniarkamachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Russian ко́ттон-джин
- ко́ттон-джин (kótton-džin)machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Spanish desmotadora de algodón, desmotadora
- desmotadora de algodónmachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
- desmotadoramachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
- almarrámachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Turkish çırçır makinesi, çırçır
- çırçır makinesimachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
- çırçırmachine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Cite this entry
cotton gin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20gin
“cotton gin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20gin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cotton gin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20gin.
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