padding+material

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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• padding — ► NOUN 1) soft material such as foam or cloth used to pad or stuff something. 2) superfluous material in a book, speech, etc. introduced in order to make it reach a desired length …   English terms dictionary

• padding — [pad′iŋ] n. 1. the action of a person who pads 2. any soft material used to pad, as cotton, felt, etc. 3. unnecessary or irrelevant material put into a speech or piece of writing, making it longer …   English World dictionary

• Padding (cryptography) — In cryptography, padding refers to a number of distinct practices.Classical cryptographyOfficial messages often start and end in predictable ways: My dear ambassador, Weather report, Sincerely yours , etc. The primary use of padding with… …   Wikipedia

• Padding — In fashion, padding is material sometimes added to clothes. It is often done in an attempt to enhance appearance by improving a physical feature, often a sexually significant one. Thus, there is padding for:* Breasts (sometimes called falsies) *… …   Wikipedia

• padding — [[t]pæ̱dɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Padding is soft material which is put on something or inside it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. ...the foam rubber padding on the headphones... Players must wear padding… …   English dictionary

• padding — pad|ding [ˈpædıŋ] n [U] 1.) soft material used to fill or cover something ▪ a helmet with protective padding 2.) unnecessary and uninteresting details or words that are added to make a sentence, speech etc longer used to show disapproval …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• padding — pad·ding || pædɪŋ n. cushioning; material used to pad pæd n. piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side; one s lodging (Slang); sanitary napkin; soft padded sections on the bottom of an… …   English contemporary dictionary

• padding — noun Date: 1828 material with which something is padded …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• padding — /pad ing/, n. 1. material, as cotton or straw, used to pad something. 2. something added unnecessarily or dishonestly, as verbiage to a speech or a false charge on an expense account. 3. the act of a person or thing that pads. [1820 30; PAD1 +… …   Universalium

• padding — noun (U) 1 soft material used to fill or cover something to make it softer or more comfortable 2 unnecessary words that are added to make a sentence, speech etc longer …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English