{
    "term": "cotton",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ba/bathroom_objects.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a plant grown in warm countries for the soft white hairs around its seeds that are used to make cloth and thread",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They grew cotton, tobacco, corn and fruit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bales of cotton"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cotton fields/plantations/plants"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["100%", "pure", "light"],
                "… of cotton": ["bale", "bolt"],
                "verb + cotton": ["grow", "pick", "plant"],
                "cotton + noun": ["fibre/​fiber", "thread", "yarn"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the cloth made from the cotton plant",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sheets are 100 per cent pure cotton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cotton shirt/skirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "printed cotton cloth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the cotton industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cotton mill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pure cotton T-shirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "shivering in her thin cotton nightdress"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["100%", "pure", "light"],
                "… of cotton": ["bale", "bolt"],
                "verb + cotton": ["grow", "pick", "plant"],
                "cotton + noun": ["fibre/​fiber", "thread", "yarn"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "thread that is used for sewing",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "sewing cotton"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cotton reel"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["100%", "pure", "light"],
                "… of cotton": ["bale", "bolt"],
                "verb + cotton": ["grow", "pick", "plant"],
                "cotton + noun": ["fibre/​fiber", "thread", "yarn"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a soft mass of white material that is used for cleaning the skin or a wound",
            "labels": "(North American English)US English alsoBritish English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Use a cotton ball to apply the lotion."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["100%", "pure", "light"],
                "… of cotton": ["bale", "bolt"],
                "verb + cotton": ["grow", "pick", "plant"],
                "cotton + noun": ["fibre/​fiber", "thread", "yarn"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒtn/",
                "audio": "co/cotton/cotton__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːtn/",
                "audio": "co/cotton/cotton__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French coton, from Arabic quṭn."
}