bombase.
Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.
Meaning & usage
Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.
Where this word comes from
From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European.
To pad with, or as with, bombase.
To astonish.
Where this word comes from
From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European.
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