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noun pad·ding \ ˈpa-diŋ \

Definition of padding

:material with which something is padded

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Examples of padding in a Sentence

the padding on the seat of the chairs
These shoes have extra padding in the heel.
If you remove the padding from his speech you can see that he offers no new ideas.

Recent Examples of padding from the Web

Consider this great inane internet debate of years past: Which athletes are best equipped to win a Battle Royale if limited to their own sport’s equipment with no protective padding or helmets?

— gabriel baumgaertner, SI.com, "After Yankees-Tigers Brawl, Has Baseball's Beanball Culture Gone Too Far?," 25 Aug. 2017
Mnuchin has called on regulators to strip away that extra padding, known as gold-plating, which would reduce capital requirements of the six biggest firms by as much as 2 percentage points.

— yalman onaran, Bloomberg.com, "Big U.S. Banks Could See Profit Jump 20% With Deregulation," 23 Aug. 2017
The comfortable bralettes at Lively have stylish details like mesh padding and cutouts.

— indya brown, The Cut, "10 Bralettes That Will Make You Want to Give Up Padding for Good," 14 Aug. 2017
Someone produces a roll of toilet paper, and Des Lauriers scoops up the fragments with his trowel and eases them onto the improvised padding.

— lizzie wade, Science | AAAS, "Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it," 10 Aug. 2017
At Yankee Stadium, Baer threatened to cancel if the boxing commissioner didn’t waive the rules and allow extra padding over his knuckles.

— tom stanton, Detroit Free Press, "Excerpt: Joe Louis got married, then KO'd Max Baer in front of Babe Ruth," 4 Aug. 2017
Fabric, leather and standard foam padding have a one-year warranty from the date of delivery of the product into the customer's home.

— cathy cunningham, chicagotribune.com, "Help Squad: What's in a warranty? La-Z-Boy owner wants to know," 12 July 2017
Some extra padding also leads to the biggest standout performance of the show.

— theodore p. mahne, NOLA.com, "'Hairspray' still silly, peppy fun at Tulane Summer Lyric," 12 July 2017
The head-hugging ring, which covers yours eyes and ears, provides padding between the head and a nearby surface—the headrest or the wall of the aircraft, for instance.

— chaney kwak, CNT, "4 Travel Pillows You'll Actually Want to Buy," 30 June 2017

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First Known Use of padding

1640

padding Synonyms

Synonyms

fill, filler, filling, stuffing, wadding

Antonyms

meiosis, understatement

Related Words

packing; interlining, lining, quilting; buffer, bumper, cushion, fender, pad

Near Antonyms

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing

PADDING Defined for English Language Learners

padding

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noun

Definition of padding for English Language Learners

: soft material used to cover a hard surface in order to make it more comfortable
: unnecessary words used to make a speech or a piece of writing longer