Define the word wadding"Wadding" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Wadding \Wad"ding\, n. [See Wad a little mass.]
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1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of
which wads may be made.
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2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or
padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared
for the purpose.
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"Wadding" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Wad \Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wadding.]
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1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
tow or cotton.
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2. To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to
stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like
cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
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"wadding" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
wad
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot,
quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack,
tidy sum, whole lot, whole slew]
2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw,
cud, quid, plug]
v 1: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack,
bundle, compact]
2: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram]
[also: wadding, wadded]
"wadding" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
wadding
n : any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing]
"wadding" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
wadding
See wad
"wadding" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "wadding":
bush, bushing, doubling, doublure, facing, filler, filling, gasket,
gland, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, liner, lining,
packing, padding, stopping, stuffing, tampon, wainscot
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