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padding.

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpædɪŋ/
  1. Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.

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

    countable · uncountable
  4. Anything of little value used to fill up space.

    countable · uncountable
    That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding.
  5. The process of mordanting a fabric.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A diaper.

    countable · uncountable
  7. Robbing on a highway.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English pad Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English padding From pad + -ing.

verb/ˈpædɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of pad

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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