English dictionary
wad
/w/A/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a small mass of soft material
ExamplesHe used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter.
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
ExamplesA wad of money.
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a wad of something chewable as tobacco
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Woad.
Source: webster1913
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A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Source: webster1913
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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compress into a wad
ExamplesWad paper into the box.
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crowd or pack to capacity
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To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to <i>wad</i> tow or cotton.
Source: webster1913