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Meanings of cotton buds in English

Russian
ватные палочки
Portuguese
cotonete
Spanish
hisopo
Catalan
bastonet per a orelles
Wikidata

Small wad of cotton wrapped around one or both ends of a short rod.

ватные палочки
Usage of cotton buds in English
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You can use cotton buds or your little finger to do this.
The Guardian
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Argon rolled the cotton buds tip across the sponge pad on his clipboard.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
3
Other nations, including the UK, are moving to ban plastic straws and cotton buds.
Radio NZ
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Then it's onto drinking straws, plastic utensils and bowls, cotton buds and shampoo bottles.
The Irish Times
5
Paracetamol, cotton buds, athlete's foot cream, tampons... where the hell was the antiseptic cream?
Slow decay
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These make-up removing cotton buds are her first offering -and boy are they clever.
The Irish Times
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Toilets are cleaned with toothbrushes and cotton buds.
The Guardian
8
Typical items found in the fatberg included condoms, sanitary towels, nappies, cotton buds and wet wipes.
The Guardian
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Europe is planning on banning single-use plastics like cutlery, straw and cotton buds to stop ocean contamination.
Radio NZ
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Fatbergs also form when products such as sanitary items, cotton buds, nappies and condoms are flushed down the loo.
The South African
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This means that you can make sweet music from mundane purchases like Monster Munch, cotton buds and loo paper.
Wired
12
There must be cotton buds in here somewhere, he said, sweat pasting thin hair across a wide gnomes forehead.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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Single-use plastic items such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds will be banned in the European Union by 2021.
Reuters
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We carry a bouquet of cotton buds back to the car and head to her sister-in-law Jessie Gladney's house.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
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Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds are to be banned in England from next year to tackle pollution and protect the environment.
The Irish Times
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The plan does not set a deadline for a total ban on single-use plastic items such as cotton buds, plates and straws.
Radio NZ
Translations for cotton buds
Portuguese
cotonete
Spanish
hisopo