Tampon

Noun

 * 1) A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
 * 2) A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.

Thesaurus
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing, elastic bandage, epithem, four-tailed bandage, gasket, gauze, gland, lint, packing, padding, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, splint, sponge, stopping, stuffing, stupe, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage, wadding

Translations

 * Arabic: سدادة, سدادة قطنية, تامبون
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 棉塞, 止血塞, 衛生棉條, 卫生棉条, 衛生栓, 卫生栓, 棉條, 棉条
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; haavaside (for wounds)
 * French:
 * German:


 * Icelandic: tíðatappi
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: タンポン
 * Korean: 탐폰
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, затычка
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тампон
 * Roman: tampon
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: tăm-bông, nút gạc

Anagrams

 * potman, pot man

Noun

 * 1) Piece of wood or other material to close an opening.
 * …un petit orifice qui, pendant l'emplissage, est bouché par un tampon de bois.
 * 1) (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.
 * Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.
 * 1) (boat) Same, closing a leak.
 * Tampon d'étoupe.
 * 1) (medical usage) A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid.
 *  Il monta chercher dans sa chambre, au premier étage, un petit tampon d'ouate; puis, comme le sang était sec et collait à la porcelaine, il humecta légèrement le coton avant de frotter. - Jules Romains, Hommes de bonne volonté, 1932.
 * 1) tampon to stop menstruation.
 *  Tampon hygiénique.
 * 1) sponge, piece of porous material.
 * 2) used for washing.
 * tampon à récurer.
 * 1) to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture.
 * vernissage au tampon.
 * 1) to apply ink.
 * Tampon encreur.
 * 1) stamp.
 * Donner un coup de tampon.
 * 1)  mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute.
 * 2) * jouer le rôle de tampon.
 * 3) In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
 * 4) (chemistry) solution keeping neutral pH.
 * Solution tampon.

Etymology
Nasalized variant of tapon, from *tappo, cognate with Dutch tappe, German Zapfen, Old English tæppa, English tap.

Synonyms

 * (to block an opening) bouchon, ,
 * (tampon) serviette hygiénique
 * (stamp) cachet, timbre

Derived terms

 * tamponner
 * tamponnage

Descendants

 * English:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) tampon

Noun

 * 1) tampon