Definitions for paddingˈpæd ɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pad•dingˈpæd ɪŋ(n.)

  1. material, as cotton or straw, used to pad something.

  2. something added unnecessarily or dishonestly.

Origin of padding:

1820–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. padding, cushioning(noun)

    artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. padding(noun)ˈpæd ɪŋ

    thick material used for protection, comfort, etc.

    padding under the carpet

Wiktionary

  1. padding(Noun)

    Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

  2. padding(Noun)

    Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.

  3. padding(Noun)

    Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Padding(u)

    of Pad

  2. Padding(noun)

    the act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing

  3. Padding(noun)

    the material with which anything is padded

  4. Padding(noun)

    material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc

  5. Padding(noun)

    the uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant


Translations for padding

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

padding(noun)

material used to make a pad to protect, fill etc

He used old blankets as padding.

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