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Cotton Mill

Definition: Cotton Mill

Cotton Mill

Noun

1. A textile mill for making cotton textiles.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Cotton Mill

English words defined with "cotton mill": Residual product. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Cotton Mill

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Cotton Mill

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El Salvador, cotton thread being wound on spindles in a cotton mill factory in San Salvador. Credit: Library of Congress.

Slater Mill, first cotton mill in United States, Pawtucket, R.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hercules cotton mill near Queretaro, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Hercules Cotton Mill, Queretaro, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Thread-making machinery. Laurel cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Operator of thread-making machine. Laurel cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

McKlenborg Cotton Mill, Charlotte, N.C.]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Olympia Cotton Mill, Columbia, S.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sparta Cotton Mill, Spartanburg, S.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's eye view of cotton mill at Manchester, N.H. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cotton Mill

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Estonia

In the previous decades, centralized Czarist rule had contributed a rather large industrial sector dominated by the world's largest cotton mill, a ruined post-war economy, and an inflated ruble currency. (references)

Barbados

PriceSmart established in Barbados in 2000, and Kmart applied for a franchise license in 2001. There are opportunities for investing in the establishment of a sea island cotton mill and a hydroponics operation in Barbados. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Cotton Mill

Expression using "cotton mill": cotton mill fever. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cotton Mill

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cotton mill

35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cotton Mill

Language Translations for "cotton mill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

памучна фабрика. (various references)

   

Czech

  

přádelna (spinning mill, spinning-factory). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

byssinosis (brown lung, byssinosis, cotton mill fever, cotton-mill fever, grinder's asthma, mill fever, monday-feeling, weaver's cough). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puuvillatehdas. (various references)

   

German

  

Baumwollspinnerei. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαμβακουργείο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pamutszövöde. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

紡績工 (spinning mill). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼうせき"うじょう (spinning mill). (various references)

   

Manx

  

mwyllin cadee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ottoncay illmay

   

Portuguese

  

fiação de algodão. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

filaturã de bumbac. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

хлопкопрядильная фабрика. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

fabrika pamučne robe. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fábrica de algodón (cotton plant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bomulsspinneri, bomullsspinneri. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pamuklu dokuma fabrikası. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

бавовнопрядильна фабрика. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cotton Mill

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-t-t"

-2 letters: cotillon.

-3 letters: moonlit, timolol.

-4 letters: coloni, cotton, lintol, lotion, motion.

-5 letters: cloot, colin, colon, conto, lotic, lotto, molto, motto, nicol, nomoi, ontic, tinct, tonic.

 Words containing the letters "c-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-t-t"
 

+3 letters: tonsillectomy.

 

+4 letters: noncommittally.

 

+5 letters: computationally, tonsillectomies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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