padding
Pronunciation: /ˈpædɪŋ/
The English word “padding” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
- Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
- Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
- Anything of little value used to fill up space.
- The process of mordanting a fabric.
- A diaper.
- Robbing on a highway.
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