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pledget

/ˈplɛ.d͡ʒət/

pledget noun: a small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.

Noun

pledget (plural pledgets)

  1. A small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
  2. A string of oakum used in calking.

Verb

pledget (third-person singular simple present pledgets, present participle pledgeting or pledgetting, simple past and past participle pledgeted or pledgetted)

  1. (transitive) To apply a pledget to.

pledget meaning in Tamil

pledget in Tamil

பட்டைத்துணிகள்

Forms of pledget

Noun
pluralpledgets
Verb
third-person singular presentpledgets
present participlepledgeting
present participlepledgetting
past participlepledgeted
pastpledgeted
past participlepledgetted
pastpledgetted

Origin of pledget

English dialect word for a small plug, using -et (“diminutive suffix”).

Questions about pledget

What does pledget mean?
Pledget means a small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
What is pledget in Tamil?
Pledget in Tamil is பட்டைத்துணிகள். See Pledget meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pledget?
Pledget can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pledget?
Pledget is pronounced /ˈplɛ.d͡ʒət/.
What is the plural of pledget?
The plural of pledget is pledgets.

Words near pledget in the dictionary

  1. pledgery
  2. pledges
  3. pledges of allegiance
  4. pledgeship
  5. pledgeships
  6. pledget
  7. pledgeted
  8. pledgeting
  9. pledgets
  10. pledgetted
  11. pledgetting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pledget (page history and authors); pledget (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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