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Another word for wad

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Noun

  1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size

    See also:

    part

  2. An indeterminately great amount or number

    See also:

    big

  3. A large sum of money

    See also:

    rich

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Another word for wad

Noun

  1. A little heap

      1. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump:
      2. A group of like items or individuals gathered or placed together:
      3. A group of people usually having a common interest or association:
      1. A clustered mass; a lump:
      2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes.
      3. A heavy dull sound; a thud.
      1. A short cluster of elongated strands, as of yarn, hair, or grass, attached at the base or growing close together.
      2. A dense clump, especially of trees or bushes.
      3. To furnish or ornament with tufts or a tuft.
      1. An irregularly shaped mass or piece.
      2. A small cube of sugar.
      3. A swelling or small palpable mass.
      1. The action of one that gathers.
      2. That which is gathered or amassed; a collection or accumulation.
      3. An assembly of persons; a meeting.
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
      1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
      2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
      3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:
      1. A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.
      2. A large accumulation or quantity:
      3. A large amount of money:
      1. A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.
      2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.
      3. A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.

  2. Soft materials used as a stopper or padding

      1. A piece of material sewn to the edge of a garment, such as a dress or coat, as lining or decoration.
      2. Material used for such a lining or decoration.
      3. An outer layer or coating applied to a surface for protection or decoration.
      1. A wad.
      2. Wads considered as a group.
      3. A soft layer of cotton, wool, or other fibrous material used for padding or stuffing.
      1. A layer of a substance spread over a surface for protection or decoration; a covering layer.
      2. Cloth for making coats.
      1. The act of drawing a line under; underscoring.
      2. Emphasis or stress, as in instruction or argument.
      1. An extra lining between the outer fabric and regular lining of a garment.
      1. A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.
      2. A piece of equipment consisting of shaped cushioning material often attached to a hard outer surface and worn to protect against blows, collisions, or shots.
      3. A flexible saddle without a frame.
      1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
      2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
      3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
      1. An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.
      2. A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.
      3. A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample.
      1. Fabric, stuffing, and other materials used in upholstering.
      2. The craft, trade, or business of upholstering.
      1. Something forming a back:
      2. Support or aid:
      3. Approval or endorsement:
      1. The act of one who bats.
      2. Cotton, wool, or synthetic fiber wadded into rolls or sheets, used for stuffing furniture and mattresses and for lining quilts.
      1. A fixed or removable cylindrical metal lining used to constrain, guide, or reduce friction.
      2. An insulating lining for an aperture through which a conductor passes.
      3. An adapter threaded to permit joining of pipes with different diameters.

  3. *A considerable amount of money

      1. A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.
      2. A place or source of manufacture or invention.
      3. An abundant amount, especially of money.
      1. A roll of paper money.
      2. One's ready cash.
      3. To underwrite the expense of (a business venture, for example).
      1. A usually closable bag used for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items, especially by women; a handbag.
      2. A usually closable small bag or pouch for carrying money.
      3. Something that resembles a bag or pouch, such as a purse seine.
      1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
      2. The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
      3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
    See also:

    wealth

Verb

  1. To stuff

      1. To supply (furniture) with stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric.
      1. To insert into or provide with a sheath.
      2. To retract (a claw) into a sheath.
      3. To enclose with a protective covering; encase.
      1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative design.
      2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt.
      3. To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
      1. The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
      2. A person:
      3. A person's countenance:
      1. To draw a line under:
      2. To emphasize; stress:
      3. A line under something, such as a symbol, word, or phrase, used to indicate emphasis or italic type.
      1. To insert between printed or written lines.
      1. To give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen:
      2. To strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment.
      3. To strengthen by adding extra support or material.
      1. To fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.
      2. (photography) To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.
      1. A pad or pillow with a soft filling, used for resting, reclining, or kneeling.
      2. Something resilient used as a rest, support, or shock absorber.
      3. A mat placed or attached beneath carpeting to provide softness and increase durability.
      1. The part of the trunk of the human body along and to the sides of the spine between the neck and the pelvis; the dorsum.
      2. The analogous dorsal region in other animals.
      3. The backbone or spine.
      1. A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.
      2. A piece of equipment consisting of shaped cushioning material often attached to a hard outer surface and worn to protect against blows, collisions, or shots.
      3. A flexible saddle without a frame.
    See also:

    plug

  2. To roll into a wad

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Sentence Examples

  • He pulled out the engagement ring, along with a wad of lint.

  • "Pierre for the kill," Grande said, handing Han one from the wad of dollars in his hand.

  • The best-known passes are: (I) The Bibawan in the upper Wad Sias basin (4150 ft.); (2) the Gindafi, giving access from Marrakesh to Tarudant, rugged and difficult, but low; (3) the Tagharat, difficult and little used, leading to the Dra'a valley (11,484 ft.); (4) the Glawi (7600 ft.); (5) Tizi n 'Tilghemt (7250 ft.), leading to Tafilet (Tafilalt) and the Wad Ghir.

  • A railway, built in 1909-1910, connects Khartum, Wad Medani and Sennar with Kordofan, the White Nile being bridged near Goz Abu Guma.

  • The kid sitting beside her made smacking sounds as he chewed on a huge wad of

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