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wadding
Noun
1. any material used especially to protect something
(synonym) packing material, packing
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) cardboard, composition board
wad
Noun
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"
(synonym) 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
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
(hyponym) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
(derivation) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
2. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
(synonym) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
(hypernym) morsel, bit, bite
(derivation) pack, bundle, compact
Verb
1. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
(synonym) pack, bundle, compact
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) puddle
(verb-group) compact, pack
(derivation) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
2. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
(synonym) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
(hypernym) stuff
(verb-group) cram
(derivation) 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