Meanings
nouncotton wool bud (plural cotton wool buds)
plural cotton wool buds · alternative cotton-wool bud · alternative cottonwool bud
- UKA short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end.
Synonyms: cotton bud, cotton swab, Q-tip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end.
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Translations
Finnish vanupuikko
- vanupuikkotype of cotton swab
Polish patyczek do uszu, patyczek higieniczny
- patyczek do uszutype of cotton swab
- patyczek higienicznytype of cotton swab
- wymazówkatype of cotton swab
- waciktype of cotton swab
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