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wadding

/ˈwɒdɪŋ/US/ˈwɑdɪŋ/

wadding noun: wads collectively. Also the present participle and gerund of wad.

Noun

wadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)

  1. Wads collectively.
  2. Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
    • She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 13

Proper noun capitalized: Wadding

Wadding

  1. A surname.

Also used as

wadding is also the present participle and gerund of wad.

Forms of wadding

pluralwaddings

Origin of wadding

From wad + -ing (“material, collection”).

Words formed from wadding

Words that rhyme with wadding

Questions about wadding

What does wadding mean?
Wadding means wads collectively.
What part of speech is wadding?
Wadding can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wadding?
Wadding is pronounced /ˈwɒdɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of wadding?
The plural of wadding is waddings.

Words near wadding in the dictionary

  1. wadders
  2. Waddesdon
  3. waddie
  4. waddied
  5. waddies
  6. wadding
  7. waddings
  8. Waddington
  9. Waddingtonian
  10. Waddinxveen
  11. waddle

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