Wad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a small mass of soft material

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɑːd/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒd/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɑːd/.

Examples

he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

raft bundle mint spate jampack deal pot compact stack peck ram quite a little chock up cram batch great deal lot quid muckle jam plenty mountain chaw pile

Parts of Speech

noun	a small mass of soft material “he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter”
noun	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent “a batch of letters”
noun	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb	compress into a wad “wad paper into the box”
verb	crowd or pack to capacity “the theater was jampacked”

Word Forms

heap	verb	fill to overflow
pile	verb	press tightly together or cram
plenteous	adjective	affording an abundant supply
wad	verb	crowd or pack to capacity
chew	verb	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
chaw	verb	chew without swallowing
packing	noun	any material used especially to protect something
wad	noun	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
compaction	noun	the act of crushing
jam	noun	a dense crowd of people

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bündel

eine kleine Masse aus weichem Material

🇫🇷French

liasse

une petite masse de matériau mou

🇪🇸Spanish

taco

una pequeña masa de material blando

🇮🇹Italian

batuffolo

una piccola massa di materiale morbido

🇳🇱Dutch

prop

een kleine massa zacht materiaal

🇵🇹Portuguese

maço

uma pequena massa de material macio

🇷🇺Russian

комок

небольшая масса мягкого материала

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गट्ठा

नरम पदार्थ का एक छोटा सा द्रव्यमान

🇮🇳Telugu

వాడ్

మృదువైన పదార్థం యొక్క చిన్న ద్రవ్యరాశి

🇮🇳Marathi

वाड

मऊ साहित्याचा एक लहान वस्तुमान

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાડ

નરમ સામગ્રીનો એક નાનો સમૂહ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಡ್

ಮೃದುವಾದ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ದ್ರವ್ಯರಾಶಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാഡ്

മൃദുവായ വസ്തുക്കളുടെ ഒരു ചെറിയ പിണ്ഡം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

沃德

一小块软材料

🇯🇵Japanese

札束

柔らかい素材の小さな塊

🇰🇷Korean

뭉치

부드러운 소재의 작은 덩어리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tập giấy

một khối nhỏ vật liệu mềm

🇹🇭Thai

ปึก

วัสดุอ่อนนุ่มจำนวนเล็กน้อย

🇮🇩Indonesian

gumpalan

sejumlah kecil bahan lunak

🇵🇭Filipino

balumbon

isang maliit na masa ng malambot na materyal

🇲🇾Malay

gumpalan

jisim kecil bahan lembut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حشوة

كتلة صغيرة من المواد الناعمة

🇮🇷Persian

واد

توده کوچکی از مواد نرم

🇹🇷Turkish

tampon

küçük bir yumuşak malzeme kütlesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲבִילָה

מסה קטנה של חומר רך

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