pad

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
  2. noun the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
  3. noun a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp

Etymology

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on". Unknown, and unclear all senses have common etymology. For sense "ends of a digit", cf. Low German or West Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pad of paper, tablet

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