cotton fiber
Example Sentences
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His grave contained a clothing button that was made from animal bone and still carried some cotton fiber, said Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Building on various other machine breakthroughs, an inventor named Edmund Cartwright developed the power loom in 1787, the first large-scale textile machine that could process an enormous amount of cotton fiber.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Deacon: Yeah, it’s like sound absorption and then behind that are tons and tons of cotton fiber installation.
From Slate • May 17, 2017
The change from a cotton fiber to a polyester blend made the gloves noncompliant with the national safety standards, Chief Kilduff said.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2011
She could whittle a slice of wood to fit it—and pack it securely with mutowa sap and wild cotton fiber.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
