padding

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of pad

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
3. (countable, uncountable) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
4. (countable, uncountable) Anything of little value used to fill up space.
5. (countable, uncountable) The process of mordanting a fabric.
6. (countable, uncountable) A diaper.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Robbing on a highway.

pad

• Noun
• Verb
• Verb
• Intj

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Synonyms

stuffing

filler

wadding

pad

lining

cushioning

filling

packing

fill

cotton

cushion

dressing

extender

fill up

foundation

inflation

pack

quilt

quilting

raw cotton

redundancy

refill

sickbed

spread

stuff

swab

tracking

wad

falsie

loading material

gapfiller

insulation

filling material

weighting material

occupation number

gasket material

unicontrol

gang adjustment

alcove

packing loaded stock

batting

bed

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bed sheet

blanket

carrier

centre

charge

charging

Translations

rembourrage

imbottitura

relleno

ouate

coussin

Auffüllen

matelassure

Füllung

remplissage

Blindgruppe

Füllsel

Abpolsterung

bourre

bourrelet

polsternd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpædɪŋ/

Etymology

From pad + -ing.