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tampoon

tampoon noun: a stopper or bung.

Noun

tampoon (plural tampoons)

  1. (archaic) a stopper or bung.

Forms of tampoon

pluraltampoons

Origin of tampoon

See tampion.

Questions about tampoon

What does tampoon mean?
Tampoon means a stopper or bung.
What part of speech is tampoon?
Tampoon is a noun.
What is the plural of tampoon?
The plural of tampoon is tampoons.

Words near tampoon in the dictionary

  1. tamponment
  2. tamponments
  3. tamponned
  4. tamponning
  5. tampons
  6. tampoon
  7. tampoons
  8. tampos
  9. tampramine
  10. tamps
  11. tamps down

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