The round, fluffy clumps in which form cotton grows on a cotton plant.

(US, Canada) Melted sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.

(US) Raw fibers of cotton before being processed. / (UK) Soft, absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use, protective padding, etc.

A small house. / A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location. / (UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory. / (Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men.

To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging. / (intransitive, Polari, of men) To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus. / (nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.

A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose. / A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant. / (Britain, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.

A job or occupation carried out at home or on a part-time basis. / A small-scale industry, with relatively few employees or a limited customer base or low economic impact.

A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.