tam‧pon /ˈtæmpɒn $ -pɑːn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: from an unrecorded Old French taper 'to stop up a hole']
a tube-shaped mass of cotton or similar material that a woman puts inside her
vagina during her
period (=monthly flow of blood) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲