nnoun.substancea small mass of soft materialExamples:- he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
Hypernyms:material stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:wadmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:wadmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.quantity(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynset:batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum
Examples:- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Derivationally Related Form:plenteouswadheappile
Hypernyms:large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:batchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent
Full Hyponyms:floodhaymow
nnoun.fooda wad of something chewable as tobaccoSynset:chaw chew cud plug quid
Derivationally Related Form:wadchawchew
Hypernyms:bit bite morsel
Inherited Hypernyms:chewmorseltastesmall indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
vverb.contactcompress into a wadSynset:bundle compact pack
Derivationally Related Form:packingcompactionwad
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:packarrangeputmove
Direct Hyponyms:puddle
Full Troponyms:puddle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactcrowd or pack to capacitySynset:chock up cram jam jampack ram
Examples:- the theater was jampacked
Derivationally Related Form:wadjam
Hypernyms:stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:jamstuffcramputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s something with something | They --- the books into the box (apply to: cram, ram, jampack, jam)