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swab

 
/swɑb/ n [C]

Definition

a small piece of soft material at the end of a thin stick, used esp. for cleaning something or for putting on medicine: a cotton swab
(Definition of swab n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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