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wad

/w/A/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a small mass of soft material

    noun.substance

    Examples
    He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

    noun.quantity

    Examples
    A wad of money.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

    noun.food

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Woad.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  5. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  6. An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. compress into a wad

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Wad paper into the box.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. crowd or pack to capacity

    verb.contact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to <i>wad</i> tow or cotton.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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