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wad
noun
verb
A small mass of soft material
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wɒd
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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”
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He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
It must have cost plenty
A slew of journalists
A wad of money
Wad paper into the box
The theater was jampacked
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