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cotton wool

 
noun [U] UK ( US cotton)

Translation

a soft mass of cotton, usually used for cleaning your skin
hidrofil pamuk/cilt temizleme pamuğu
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(Definition of cotton wool noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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