Meanings
wadding1
nounwadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)
plural waddings
- countableuncountableWads collectively.
- countableuncountableSoft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 13
wadding2
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wad
Wadding3
proper noun
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany material used especially to protect something
Similar
packing materialpacking
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From wad + -ing (“material, collection”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian опаковъчен материал, вата
- опаковъчен материал (opakovăčen material)wads collectively
- вата (vata)soft fibrous cotton or wool
Finnish pehmusteet, vanu
- pehmusteetwads collectively
- vanusoft fibrous cotton or wool
- vatiinisoft fibrous cotton or wool
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wadding
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
wadding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadding
MLA
“wadding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wadding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wadding.
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