padding

pad·ding  (pdng)

n.

1. The act of stuffing, filling, or lining.

2. A soft material used to make pads or a pad.

3. Something added, especially extraneously or fraudulently: put some padding in the resumé.

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padding

Noun

1. any soft material used to pad something

2. unnecessary information put into a speech or written work to make it longer

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort cushioning artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole cushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. falsie - padding that is worn inside a brassiere pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort stuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk - a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation straw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

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padding

noun 1. filling, stuffing, packing, wadding

noun 2. waffle, (informal), chiefly Brit. hot air (informal) verbiage, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity

Translations

padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n → relleno;

(fig) → paja

padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n → rembourrage m (fig); délayage m

padding [ˈpædɪŋ] pad n (material) → Polsterung f (fig); Füllwerk nt

padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n → imbottitura;

(fig) → riempitivo