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paddings

/ˈpædɪŋz/

paddings is the plural of padding.

Meaning of padding

Noun

padding (countable and uncountable, plural paddings)

  1. Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  2. Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  3. Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
  4. Anything of little value used to fill up space.
    • That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding.
  5. The process of mordanting a fabric.
  6. A diaper.

See all 7 meanings of padding

Questions about paddings

What is paddings the plural of?
Paddings is the plural of padding.
How do you pronounce paddings?
Paddings is pronounced /ˈpædɪŋz/.

Words near paddings in the dictionary

  1. padding out
  2. padding the hoof
  3. padding up
  4. padding-ken
  5. padding-kens
  6. paddings
  7. Paddington
  8. Paddingtonian
  9. Paddingtonians
  10. Paddingtons
  11. Paddison

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paddings (page history and authors); padding (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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