padder

1 of 2

noun (1)

pad·​der

ˈpadə(r),

ˈpaad-

plural -s

archaic

: footpad entry 1

padder

2 of 2

noun (2)

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plural -s

1

: a person or a machine that pads: such as

a(1)

: a worker that makes sheets of paper into pads

(2)

: a worker that places ordered tobacco leaves in boxes or on a conveyor for removal of stems

(3)

: a worker that sews padding material into garments (as coats)

b

: a dyeing machine consisting of rolls mounted over a trough for padding fabrics

2

: a radio set circuit element (as a condenser) used to adjust the tuning of a circuit (as on the local oscillator of a superheterodyne receiver)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

pad entry 4 + -er

Noun (2)

pad entry 2 + -er

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