Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic, most commonly used in aural hygiene and cosmetics application.

    Wattestäbchen

    ва́тный ту́пферvátnyj túpfer, ту́пферtúpfer, ва́тная па́лочкаvátnaja páločka

    ва́тяна па́личкаvátjana pályčka, ва́тна па́личкаvátna pályčka

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I clean my ears using cotton swabs.

    ruЯ чищу уши ватными палочками. — odexed

    deIch reinige meine Ohren mit Wattestäbchen. — Yorwba

  2. Tom regularly cleaned his ears out with cotton swabs.

    ruТом регулярно прочищал уши ватными палочками. — Ooneykcall

  3. Tom used a cotton swab to clean his ear.

    ruТом прочистил ухо ватной палочкой. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. Tom threw the used cotton swab in the trash.

  5. Once the sample is taken, put the cotton swab in a test tube and label with the patient's name.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod:
Русский
By meaning 1
a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod:

Forms

plural: cotton swabs
Singularcotton swab
Pluralcotton swabs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
cotton wrapped around end of rod:cotton budcotton wool budear budQ-tip

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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