cottony
Like stuffing material
Cottony describes something with the soft, fluffy texture of cotton: cottony clouds, cottony tufts of dandelion seeds.
The word can also suggest a dry, uncomfortable sensation: My mouth felt cottony after the medication.
Yielding to touch
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- fuzzySoft and unclear
plush · woolly · velvety · silky · puffy · airy · light · tufted
Airborne water masses
- cumulusDense, billowing cloud type
- cirrusHigh wispy ice formation
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- skyVisible overhead expanse
vapor · billowy · ethereal · heavenly · dreamy · floating · drifting · hazy
Able to soak up
- spongySoft and absorbent
- thirstyNeeding hydration
- wickingLiquid drawn through fibers
- soakSaturate with liquid
swab · gauze · bandage · pads · wadding · batting · stuffing · padding
soft
Yielding to touch
fuzzy · plush · woolly · velvety · silky · puffy · airy · light · tufted · cushiony
clouds
Airborne water masses
sky · vapor · billowy · ethereal · heavenly · dreamy · floating · drifting · hazy · misty
absorbent
Able to soak up
soak · swab · gauze · bandage · pads · wadding · batting · stuffing · padding · filler
boll
Plant seed pod
pod · harvest · ginning · plantation · field · crop · kapok · milkweed · dandelion · thistle
muslin
Plain-woven cotton cloth
chintz · gingham · jersey · percale · poplin · sateen · flannel · terry · broadcloth · chambray
- cotton candySpun sugar confection
- cotton ballFluffy absorbent fiber sphere
- cotton swabsFluffy-ended applicator sticks
- cotton reelCylinder holding sewing thread
- cotton millsPlants processing fiber into cloth
- cotton fieldsFarmland growing fiber crops
cotton, cottons, cottoned, cottonwood, cottoning, cottonmouth, cottonseed, cottontail, cottonseeds