wadding
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈwɑːdɪŋ/
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guata
- OK, so we've got this wadding nicely packed down.
- cotton wadding
Examples
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For Charles's left ear is plugged with cotton wadding.
Fiction book (1991) -
See if you can find some rags we can use for wadding.
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He pulls some cotton wadding from his pocket, stuffs more into his already-stuffed ears.
Fiction book (1992) -
The wadding, undone, reveals a smaller wad of gauze taped up inside.
Fiction book (1998) -
Hers contained not a cotton swab, but a small wadding of white fabric that was stained the color of rust and had grown quite stiff.
Fiction book (1997) -
He had a bench with loaders, bins of shells, crimpers, wadding, and sacks of powder (a mix he concocted from a book).
Fiction book (2001) -
The quilt was incredibly warm because it was filled with soft cotton wadding.
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She used some layers of wadding to cushion the fragile items in the package.
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After sewing the fabric together, I added wadding for extra comfort.
Synonyms
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1.0
Material used to wrap and protect things during transport
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4.2
Soft layers of cotton, wool or synthetic fiber used inside quilts and pillows
4
2.5
Material like bubble wrap that protects things during shipping or storage
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Etymology
The word wadding comes from the idea of a wad, which means a small 'bundle' or pad, like a 'wad' of paper you can hold in your hand. So wadding is soft stuffing used to fill, cushion, or protect things.