| NOUN | substance | wad | a small mass of soft material |
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| quantity | wad, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| food | wad, chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug | a wad of something chewable as tobacco | |
| VERB | contact | wad, pack, bundle, compact | compress into a wad |
| contact | wad, jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram | crowd or pack to capacity |
| Sounds | waa'd | |
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| Rhymes | arthropod ... tripod: 38 rhymes with aad... | |
| Meaning | A small mass of soft material. | |
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| Example | "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" | |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Example | "a wad of money" | |
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Verbs | wad | crowd or pack to capacity |
| Meaning | A wad of something chewable as tobacco. | |
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| Synonyms | chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug | |
| Broader | morsel, bit, bite | A small amount of solid food |
| Spanish | bolo, mascada, masticable, taco, tapón | |
| Verbs | wad | compress into a wad |
| Meaning | compress into a wad. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "wad paper into the box" | |
| Synonyms | pack, bundle, compact | |
| Narrower | puddle | Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| Similar to | compact, pack | Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily |
| Spanish | compactar, comprimir, empacar, empaquetar, hacer bultos | |
| Catalan | compactar, empacar, empaquetar, feixar | |
| Nouns | wad | a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
| Meaning | crowd or pack to capacity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonyms | jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram | |
| Broader | stuff | Cram into a cavity |
| Similar to | cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled |
| Spanish | abarrotar, apiñar, apretar, apretujar, embutir, empacar | |
| Catalan | abarrotar, apinyar, atapeir, embotir, empacar, entaforar, estrènyer, farcir, ficar, masegar | |
| Nouns | wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
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