Q-tips

Description

A trademark for a Cotton tipped applicator stick. Q-tip® brand swabs are stiff plastic tubes approximately 10 cm long and 1 mm in diameter with cotton wrapped ends.

Synonyms and Related Terms

cotton swabs; cotton bud (Br.)

Resources and Citations

• Product Information Comment: Box gives brand name with plural and lower case t

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Website: www.hants.org.uk/museums/ofr/cmeth_t.html - cotton bud