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wadding
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wad·ding  (wdng)
n.
1.
a. A wad.
b. Wads considered as a group.
2. A soft layer of fibrous cotton or wool used for padding or stuffing.
3. Material for gun wads.

wadding [ˈwɒdɪŋ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
a.  any fibrous or soft substance used as padding, stuffing, etc., esp sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose
b.  a piece of this
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) material for wads used in cartridges or guns
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waddingwadding - any material used especially to protect something
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
cardboard, composition board - a stiff moderately thick paper
excelsior, wood shavings - thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing

wadding
noun padding, filling, stuffing, lining, packing, filler a sleeping bag lined with wadding
Translations
wadding [ˈwɒdɪŋ] N (for packing) → relleno m; (for quilting) → entretela f, forro m (Med) → algodón m hidrófilo
wadding [ˈwɒdɪŋ] nrembourrage m
wadding
n (for packing) → Material ntzum Ausstopfen; (Sew) → Wattierung f; (Med, on plaster) → (Mull)tupfer m
wadding [ˈwɒdɪŋ] nimbottitura
wadding [ˈwɒdɪŋ] nimbottitura


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