padnoun [ C ]
uk/pæd/us/pæd/pad noun [ C ] (MATERIAL)
a piece of soft, thick cloth or rubber, used to protect a part of the body, give shape to something, or clean something:
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Parts of clothes
- armhole
- bodice
- button-down collar
- clerical collar
- collar
- crew neck
- heel
- knee
- lapel
- neckband
- neckline
- patch pocket
- Peter Pan collar
- shoulder
- sleeve
- V-neck
- vent
- waistband
- wing collar
- yoke
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pad noun [ C ] (PAPER)
a number of pieces of paper that have been fastened together along one side, used for writing or drawing on:
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Publishing: paper & stationery
- A3
- A5
- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- grammage
- graph paper
- headed notepaper
- highlighter
- jotter
- keypad
- pencil
- qwerty
- ream
- rice paper
- rough paper
- scrap paper
- slate
- tissue
- watermark
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pad noun [ C ] (FLAT SURFACE)
a hard flat area of ground where helicopters can take off and land, or from which rockets are sent:
one of the large, flat leaves of a water lily:
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Air travel: airports & landing strips
- aerodrome
- airbase
- airbridge
- airfield
- airport
- airstrip
- apron
- carousel
- check in
- check-in desk
- control tower
- gate
- hangar
- helipad
- heliport
- Jetway
- landing strip
- reclaim
- terminal
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pad noun [ C ] (FOOT)
the soft part under the paw (= foot) of a cat, dog, etc.
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The legs & feet of non-human animals
- claw
- cloven
- foot
- forefoot
- foreleg
- hock
- hoof
- hooves
- limb
- member
- paw
- shank
- sucker
- talon
- toe
- trotter
- web
- web-footed
- webbed
pad noun [ C ] (HOUSE)
old-fashioned or humorous informal a person's house or apartment:
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Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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padverb
uk/pæd/us/pæd/-dd-pad verb (PROTECT)
[ T ] to put pieces of soft material in something to make it soft, give it a different shape, or protect what is inside:
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- proof
- render
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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pad verb (WALK)
[ I + adv/prep ] to walk without making a noise: