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cotton gin

noun

a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

• Syn: ↑gin

• Derivationally related forms: ↑gin (for: ↑gin)

• Hypernyms: ↑machine

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noun, pl ⋯ gins [count]

: a machine that separates the seeds of cotton plants from the cotton

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ˈcotton gin [cotton gin cotton gins] (also gin) noun

a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton

See also: ↑gin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.