"cloth pad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cloth pads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloth pad (plural cloth pads)
  1. A reusable menstrual pad (or, sometimes, pantyliner) made from durable cloth materials and other absorbent fabrics, such as cotton, hemp, polyester and polyurethane laminate. Wikipedia link: cloth menstrual pad Synonyms: mama pad
    Sense id: en-cloth_pad-en-noun-HzkWtMz2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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