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cotton swab

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The meaning (definition) of the word cotton swab

a little stick with soft cotton tips for cleaning small spots

The word cotton swab used in a sentence

I used a cotton swab to wipe the paint off my nose.

Words that mean the same as cotton swab (synonyms)

cotton bud

The plural of the word cotton swab

cotton swabs

How the word cotton swab is said around the world

Frenchcoton-tige (kohtawnteezh)
Spanishbastoncillo de algodón (bahstohntheelyoh thay ahlghohthohn)
Mandarin棉签 (mián qiān)
Hindiसूती पोंछा (sootee pohnkyah)
Arabicمسحة قطنية (mahshah kootneeyah)
Russianватный тампон (vatnyi tampon)
Portuguese (EU)cotonete (kootooneti)
Portuguese (BR)cotonete (kohtohnechew)
Japanese綿棒 (menbou)
GermanWattestäbchen (vahteshtairbhyuhn)
Urduکپاس کی جھاڑی (kuhpahs kee gyahree)
Punjabiਰੂੰ ਦਾ ਫੰਬਾ (roon dah punbah)
Korean면봉 (myeonbong)
Hebrewמקלון צמר גפן
Greekμπατονέτα (mpatoneta)
Dutchwattenstaafje (vahtuhnstahfyuh)
Tagalogpamunas na bulak (pahmoonahs nah boolahk)
Vietnamesetăm bông (tahm bohng)
Turkishpamuklu çubuk (pahmuukluu choobuuk)
Persianسواب پنبه‌ای (sahvahb pahnbay)
Polishwacik (vahcheek)
Ukrainianватний тампон (vatnyy tampon)
Bengaliতুলার কাঠি (toolahr kahtee)
Swedishbomullspinne (boomulspinuh)
Italianbatuffolo di cotone (bahtooffohloh di kohtohnay)

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