wadding

Wadding is packing material or absorbent thick material used to protect items, or material used to make a plug in a gun cartridge.

(noun)

  1. When you pack up a box full of glasses and you put thick cotton padding into the box to protect the glasses from breaking, this packing is an example of wadding.
  2. When you put a plug of material in a gun cartridge to hold the gun powder, this material is an example of wadding.

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See wadding in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. any soft or fibrous material for use in padding, packing, stuffing, etc.; esp., cotton made up into loose, fluffy sheets, or batting
  2. any soft material for making wads, as for guns or cartridges
  3. a wad, or wads collectively

See wadding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

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