Synonyms for cotton wool
cot·ton wool

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1. cotton, cotton fiber, cotton woolnoun

   soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

   Synonyms:
   cotton plant, cotton, cotton fiber

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1. • Plant Fiber

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cotton wool

   Synonyms:
   Absorbent cotton
   

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1. Ryder Cup:

   You can wrap yourself up in cotton wool for the rest of your life if you want but having a little kickaround with your mates, I would have said 999 times out of 1,000 you are good, he got unlucky, it was just one of those situations that's caught him out. It was a freak accident but accidents happen.

2. Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy:

   You've got to look after yourself, you're an athlete, you have a window of opportunity. It doesn't mean you've got to put yourself in cotton wool but some things you've just got to think twice about.