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TAMPON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tampon" is a kind of...):

plug; stopper; stopple (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tampon"):

Tampax (tampon used to absorb menstrual flow)

Derivation:

tampon (plug with a tampon)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plug with a tampon

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tampon" is one way to...):

plug; secure; stop up (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood))

tamponage (blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding))

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