Any material used especially to protect something.

synonyms: packing, packing material.

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer^†; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil^†, pledget^†, tompion^†, tourniquet.    cover etc. 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.    janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary^†.    ... show more

Roget 324: softness, pliableness etc. adj.; flexibility; pliancy, pliability; sequacity^†, malleability; ductility, tractility^†; extendibility, extensibility; plasticity; inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity.    penetrability.    clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding; foam.    mollification; softening etc. v.. ... show more

Roget 384: increase of temperature; heating etc. v.; calefaction^†, tepefaction^†, torrefaction^†; melting, fusion; liquefaction etc. 335; burning etc. v.; ambustion^†, combustion; incension^†, accension^†; concremation^†, cremation; scorification^†; cautery, cauterization; ustulation^†, calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration^†; carbonization; cupellation [Chem].    ignition, inflammation, adustion^†, flagration^†; deflagration, conflagration; empyrosis^†, incendiarism; arson; auto dafe [Fr.].    boiling etc. v.; coction^†, ebullition, estuation^†, elixation^†, decoction; ebullioscope^†; geyser; distillation (vaporization) 336.    furnace etc. 386; blanket, flannel, fur; wadding etc. (lining) 224; clothing etc. 225.    still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower.    match etc. (fuel) 388; incendiary; petroleuse [Fr.]; [biological effects resembling the effects of heat] [substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue] cauterizer^†; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem^†, moxa^†; acid, aqua fortis [Lat.], aqua regia; catheretic^†, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium.    sunstroke, coup de soleil [Fr.]; insolation.    [artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture] pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china; earthenware, stoneware; pot, mug, terra cotta [Sp.], brick, clinker.    [products of combustion] cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot; slag.    [products of heating organic materials] coke, carbon, charcoal; wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil; gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel) 388; wax, paraffin; residue, tar.    inflammability, combustibility.    [Transmission of heat] diathermancy^†, transcalency^†, conduction; convection; radiation, radiant heat; heat conductivity, conductivity.    [effects of heat 2] thermal expansion; coefficient of expansion.    ... show more

Roget 224: lining, inner coating; coating etc. (covering) 223; stalactite, stalagmite.    filling, stuffing, wadding, padding.    wainscot, parietes [Lat.], wall.    ... show more

Dutch: emballage, pakmateriaal, verpakking, verpakkingsmateriaal

A small mass of soft material.

often followed by `of' A large number or amount or extent:
— A wad of money.

synonyms: 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 ... show more.

Roget 800: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts etc. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets etc. (property) 780; wealth etc. 803; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.    [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage.    money-like instruments, M1, M2, sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds etc. (receipts) 810.    currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece [Fr.], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.   d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug [U.S.], wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.], wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]; rhino^†, blunt^†, dust^†, mopus^†, tin^†, salt^†, chink^†; argent comptant [Lat.]; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar^†; checks, dibs [Slang].    [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate^†, gold certificate^†; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile [Slang], pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke^†, rock [Slang]; seawan^†, seawant^†; thousand dollars, grand [Coll.].    [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill; two-dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.], fin [Coll.], Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note.    [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [1700-1900]; two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.], half-dime^†, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel^†, dime, disme^†, mercury dime^†, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B.    Anthony dollar^†.    precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget.    petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit^†, stiver^†, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau^†; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees.    major coin, crown; minor coin.    monetarist, monetary theory.    [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology^†.    [coin scholar or collector] numismatist.    paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat^†; blueback [U.S.], hundi^†, shinplaster [U.S.].    note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.    remittance etc. (payment) 807; credit etc. 805; liability etc. 806.    drawer, drawee^†; obligor^†, obligee^†; moneyer^†, coiner.    false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip^†, kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance.    argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].    letter of credit.    circulation, multiplier effect.    [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation.    [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates.    [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change [Fr.].    gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard.    bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD.    [money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$.    [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.]; Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department; Secret Service.    [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving.    [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage.    [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545.    [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate.    ... show more

Dutch: bende, berg, boel, bom, bulk, bups, een groot aantal, hoop, kluit, kwak, lading, massa, pak, partij, schep, smak, stelletje, stoot, troep, veelheid, vracht, zooi, zwik ... show more
Polish: legion, zastęp, armia, tabun

A wad of something chewable as tobacco.

synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid.

Dutch: pruim, tabakspruim

Compress into a wad:
— Wad paper into the box.

synonyms: bundle, compact, pack.

Roget 224: line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.   

Crowd or pack to capacity.

synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram.

Dutch: proppen