waddings

noun

plural of wadding
as in fillings
soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something the last step is to fill the pillow with wadding and stitch it closed

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  1. fillings
  2. fills
Noun
  • Services include dental exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions and root canals, along with hearing evaluations and free hearing aids.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In August, human remains, including a jawbone with teeth and dental fillings and rib bones, were discovered at Boulder Beach in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fillings
Noun
  • But the drama of those big drum fills and everything was just something that that room gave us.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers compared data on two groups each with more than 500 people who were prescribed three fills of semaglutide or tirzepatide over six months.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fills
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“Waddings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waddings. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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