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wad

DEFINITIONS OF: wad

1

n a small mass of soft material

“he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter”
Type of:
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

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

“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
Types:
deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount
haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Type of:
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

n a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Synonyms:
chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid
Type of:
bit, bite, morsel
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

v crowd or pack to capacity

Synonyms:
chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram
cram
put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
Type of:
stuff
cram into a cavity

v compress into a wad

“wad paper into the box”
Synonyms:
bundle, compact, pack
compact, pack
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Types:
puddle
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Type of:
arrange, set up
put into a proper or systematic order
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