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waddings

waddings is the plural of wadding.

Meaning of wadding

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

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Questions about waddings

What is waddings the plural of?
Waddings is the plural of wadding.

Words near waddings in the dictionary

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

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