Antonyms for wadding

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : wod-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒd ɪŋ

Definition of wadding

Origin : 1570s, from wad (n.). Related: Wadded; wadding.

As in pad/padding : noun protection
As in wad : noun ball of something
As in filling : noun contents
As in lining : noun interlining
As in packing : noun material used to fill space
As in stuffing : noun material used to pad
As in padding : noun stuffing
As in filling/filler : noun something that takes up
As in jam : verb squeeze in; compress
As in line : verb put covering inside object
As in stuff : verb load with
As in crumple : verb make or become wrinkled

Example sentences :

He was wadding his bunk with the hay, while the others looked on rather enviously.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Where the edges were too sharp they were beaten in by a mallet, or altered by glueing on wadding.
Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne

Several times, also, she had been on fire from the wadding which came blazing on board.
Extract from : « True Blue » by W.H.G. Kingston

She softened: "Get me some wadding out of the middle drawer," she said.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

He flourished in the fourteenth century; according to Wadding, 1376.
Extract from : « The Grey Friars in Oxford » by Andrew G. Little

Wadding (VI, p. 48) cites some passages bearing on the date.
Extract from : « The Grey Friars in Oxford » by Andrew G. Little

Fill all the loops and bows with wadding as above mentioned.
Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie

She won in a thunderstorm, Rothschild's filly, with wadding in her ears.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

Carefully he pried the wadding from each shell and poured the shot out.
Extract from : « Trading Jeff and his Dog » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

Wadding was a lawyer, who had thoroughly studied the whole matter.
Extract from : « Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) » by Richard Bagwell

Synonyms for wadding

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