TAMPON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tampon mean? 

• TAMPON (noun)
  The noun TAMPON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TAMPON used as a noun is very rare.

• TAMPON (verb)
  The verb TAMPON has 1 sense:

1. plug with a tampon

  Familiarity information: TAMPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMPON (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)

• TAMPON (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tampon    ... he / she / it tampons   
Past simple: tamponed   
Past participle: tamponed   
-ing form: tamponing   

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))