Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tampon

1 sense of tampon

Sense 1
tampon -- (plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood))
       => plug, stopper, stopple -- (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tampon

1 sense of tampon

Sense 1
tampon -- (plug with a tampon)
       => plug, stop up, secure -- (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak")