cotton wool

Naija

Alternative forms

• cottonwool

Etymology

From: English cotton wool

Pronunciation

• kɔ̀tìwû

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Noun

• Wetin soft pass foam wey de dey take clean where person wound.

• Di cotton wool don old for your wound o.  — (The swabs on your wounds are old.)
• Abeg dat hospital na yeye. De no even get common cotton wool.  — (The hospital is terribly below standard. They lack common cotton wool.)

Translations

• English: soft absorbent cotton swabs