wombat
/ˈwɒm.bæt/US/ˈwɑmˌbæt/
wombat noun: a herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
Noun
wombat (plural wombats)
- A herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
- An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident. […] It’s not clear when the video was shot, nor the location, but it was at night on what...2025 March 13, Hilary Whiteman, “US tourist filmed running off with baby wombat flees Australia after visa threat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025
- A slow and stupid person; a dullard.
Proper noun capitalized: Wombat
Wombat
- A locality in the Hilltops council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
wombat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Arabic
wombat in Hindi
- marsupial
- वॉम्बैट vŏmbaiṭ
wombat in Tamil
- ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் வசிக்கும் பாலூட்டி, தாவரவுண்ணி வகை விலங்கு, வாம்பட்டு, ஓம்பேட், வாம்பேட்
wombat in Marathi
- marsupial
- वॉम्बॅट vŏmbĕṭ
wombat in Arabic
- marsupial
- وُمْبَت wumbat
More languagesFewer languages
- wombat in Malay
- wombat
- wombat in Indonesian
- wombat
- wombat in Persian
- وامبت vâmbat
- wombat in Thai
- วอมแบต wɔm-bɛ̀t
- wombat in Vietnamese
- gấu túi mũi trần
Examples of wombat in a sentence
- And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
- There must be a whole mob of wombats living in here!
- The decline of the northern hairy-nosed wombats has been largely human-related.
Synonyms of wombat
Forms of wombat
| plural | wombats |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | whom-batt |
Origin of wombat
Borrowed from Dharug wumbat.
Words formed from wombat
Phrases with wombat
Questions about wombat
- What does wombat mean?
- Wombat means a herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
- What is wombat in Hindi?
- Wombat in Hindi is वॉम्बैट (vŏmbaiṭ). See Wombat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wombat?
- Wombat can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wombat?
- Wombat is pronounced /ˈwɑmˌbæt/ (US).
- What is the plural of wombat?
- The plural of wombat is wombats.
Words near wombat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wombat (page history and authors); Wombat (page history and authors); wombat (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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