wad
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small mass of soft material
he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
Types & categories
- material hypernym
Sense 2 verb
compress into a wad
wad paper into the box
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bundle off also see
- compaction derivation
- chew derivation
- packing derivation
- compact verb group
Sense 3 noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
- deluge hyponym
- haymow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
crowd or pack to capacity
the theater was jampacked
Types & categories
- stuff hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Types & categories
- bite hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | bundle off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compaction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | packing |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | compact |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | puddle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cram |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plenteous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deluge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | haymow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crush |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | cram |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chaw |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wad |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | bite |