Home › Words › C › cottolenecottolenecottolene means A shortening made from cottonseed, used as a lard substitute.EtymologyOriginally a trademark.nounA shortening made from cottonseed, used as a lard substitute.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cottolin 63% match — Yarn or cloth consisting of blended cotton and linen. vs cottolene →copha 60% match — A vegetable shortening made of coconut oil, used in cooking. vs cottolene →cellucotton 57% match — A cellulose-based cotton substitute used in the early 20th century. vs cottolene →cottonseed 56% match — Seed of the cotton plant. vs cottolene →cottonee 55% match — A Turkish fabric of cotton and silk satinet. vs cottolene →mellorine 53% match — A lower-cost imitation of ice cream, using fats other than butterfat. vs cottolene →ceolin 53% match — A particular steroid glycoside. vs cottolene →cetene 52% match — An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti. vs cottolene →