Cotton wool is soft fluffy cotton used for cleaning skin. Dab it with cotton wool.
The phrase to wrap somebody in cotton wool means protecting them far too much. Cotton wool holds many times its own weight in liquid, which is the whole use of it.
1nouncotton woolSoft fluffy cotton used for cleaning skin.
“A piece of cotton wool stopped the bleeding in a minute.”
cotton wool is a material.
Practised in Hair & Grooming