'Padding' definitions:
Definition of 'padding'
(from WordNet)
noun
Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: padding, cushioning]
Definition of 'Padding'
From: GCIDE
- Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.]
- 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Padding'
From: GCIDE
- Padding \Pad"ding\, n.
- 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The material with which anything is padded. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. --London Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'padding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aegis,
- all fours,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- battology,
- bedizenment,
- bonus,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- bush,
- bushing,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- crash helmet,
- crawl,
- crawling,
- creep,
- creeping,
- cushion,
- cushioning,
- dashboard,
- decoration,
- dodger,
- doubling,
- doublure,
- duplication,
- duplication of effort,
- easing,
- embellishment,
- expletive,
- extra,
- extra added attraction,
- extra dash,
- extravagance,
- face mask,
- facing,
- fat,
- featherbedding,
- fender,
- filigree,
- filler,
- filling,
- fillip,
- finger guard,
- flourish,
- foot guard,
- frill,
- frills,
- frippery,
- fuse,
- gasket,
- gingerbread,
- gland,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardrail,
- gumshoeing,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- inlay,
- inlayer,
- insole,
- insulation,
- interlineation,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- lagniappe,
- laminated glass,
- laxation,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- liner,
- lining,
- luxury,
- macrology,
- mask,
- mellowing,
- mollification,
- mollifying,
- mudguard,
- needlessness,
- nightwalking,
- nose guard,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- overadornment,
- overlap,
- packing,
- pad,
- palladium,
- patent,
- payroll padding,
- pilot,
- pleonasm,
- premium,
- preventive,
- prolixity,
- prophylactic,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- prowling,
- pussyfooting,
- redundance,
- redundancy,
- relaxation,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- scrabble,
- scramble,
- screen,
- seat belt,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- sidling,
- slinking,
- snaking,
- sneaking,
- softening,
- softening-up,
- something extra,
- stammering,
- stealing,
- stopping,
- stuffing,
- stuttering,
- sun helmet,
- superaddition,
- superfluity,
- superfluousness,
- tampon,
- tautologism,
- tautology,
- tippytoe,
- tiptoe,
- tiptoeing,
- trimming,
- twist,
- umbrella,
- unnecessariness,
- verbosity,
- wadding,
- wainscot,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- worming,
- wrinkle
Words containing 'Padding'
- Pad,
- Padded,
- on the pad,
- pads,
- Lily pad,
- Pad cloth,
- Pad elephant,
- Pad saddle,
- Pad tree,
- Sea pad,
- arm pad,
- body pad,
- brake pad,
- carpet pad,
- cleaning pad,
- elbow pad,
- heating pad,
- hip pad,
- hot pad,
- inking pad,
- knee pad,
- launch pad,
- launching pad,
- mattress pad,
- message pad,
- pad of paper,
- rug pad,
- scouring pad,
- scratch pad,
- shoulder pad,
- sketch pad,
- soap pad,
- stamp pad,
- thigh pad,
- wrist pad,
- writing pad,
- Tongue-pad,
- steel-wool pad