cotton flannel
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈkɑtən ˈflænəl/
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franela de algodón
- I went into the bathroom which adjoined the guest room on the other side and locked both doors in order to get undressed out of view of the windows, to put on my cotton-flannel nightgown and brush my teeth, like a good girl.
- cotton flannel shirt
- gray cotton flannel
- 100% cotton flannel
Examples
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In the background is silk and cotton flannel dyed with RIT dye.
Blog text (26) -
He was still in his brown cotton flannel robe, with the box for the uniform beneath his arm.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's cotton-flannel, Flora Lu.
Fiction book (2000) -
She loves wearing her cozy cotton flannel pajamas on cold winter nights.
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The bedding set features a soft cotton flannel material that feels great against the skin.
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This cotton flannel blanket is perfect for keeping warm during chilly evenings.
Synonyms
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3.6
A soft light cloth made from wool or cotton used for clothes and sheets
A heavy cotton cloth brushed on one side to make it soft for sheets and pajamas
A soft cotton cloth used for pajamas and sheets that keeps you warm
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a flannel fabric made from cotton — is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cotton' (the material) with 'flannel' (a soft brushed fabric). This is a standard noun-modifier composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Cotton flannel comes from the older word flannel, which named a soft, fuzzy cloth. When makers started to make that soft cloth from cotton instead of wool, people still called it cotton flannel, so the phrase now means 'a soft, warm cotton fabric'.