wadder

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/ˈwædə(ɹ)//ˈwædɚ/[ˈwɑ(ː)ɾɚ][ˈwɑ(ː)ɾə(ɹ)]

noun

A manufacturer of wadding.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

wadder1

nounwadder (plural wadders)

plural wadders

  1. A manufacturer of wadding.

    The evidence shows that most of the meetings attended by the wadding manufacturers were meetings of the Canadian Quilting Manufacturers Association. The wadders had but a few meetings of their own […]

    1956, Canada. Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, Report concerning the manufacture, distribution, and sale of quilted goods, quilting materials, and related products
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    Weavers, reelers, wadders and those working in the filature refused to move, and when forced, produced inferior quality goods or ran away at the earliest opportunity, partly because they were separated from their families […]

    2011, Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in Chinese History, page 55

wadder2

nounwadder (countable and uncountable, plural wadders)

plural wadders

  1. countablepronunciation spellinguncountablePronunciation spelling of water
verbwadder (third-person singular simple present wadders, present participle waddering, simple past and past participle waddered)

present singular third person wadders · participle present waddering · participle past waddered · past waddered

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of water

Origin

wadder · noun, verb

Represents dialects with t- and d-flapping, where the phonemes /t/ and /d/ merge into [ɾ] in some positions.

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APA

wadder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadder

MLA

“wadder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wadder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadder.

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