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wad

(w/A/d )

a small mass of soft material(noun.substance)

Example:
He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter.

source: wordnet30
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent(noun.quantity)

Example:
A wad of money.

Synonym:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little

source: wordnet30
a wad of something chewable as tobacco(noun.food)

Synonym:
chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid

source: wordnet30
Woad.(noun)

source: webster1913
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.(noun)

source: webster1913
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.(noun)

source: webster1913

compress into a wad(verb.contact)

Example:
Wad paper into the box.

Synonym:
bundle, compact, pack

source: wordnet30
crowd or pack to capacity(verb.contact)

Synonym:
chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram

source: wordnet30
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.(verb)

source: webster1913

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