wadding

See also: Wadding

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒdɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒdɪŋ

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English wad

English -ing

English wadding

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

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.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 13:

     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.

Translations

wads collectively

• Bulgarian: опаковъчен материал (opakovǎčen material)
• Finnish: pehmusteet pl

soft fibrous cotton or wool

• Bulgarian: вата (bg) f (vata)
• Finnish: vanu (fi), vatiini
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: پاموق (pamuk)

Etymology 2

Verb

wadding

1. present participle and gerund of wad

Anagrams

• dingwad