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PAD/pæd/

A pad is a block of writing paper, or a soft thick piece of material: a writing pad, a mouse pad, a cotton pad. Notebook is a cousin with a cover. Page is one sheet. Pad as a verb (walk softly) is extra later. Do not write pad when you mean paid, or pet.

Meaning

A number of sheets of paper fastened together for writing.

Examples

• “I wrote the address on a pad by the phone.”
• “There is a pad of forms at the post-office counter.”
• “Write your number on the pad beside the till.”

Good to know

a writing pad / mouse pad. Cousin: notebook. Mix-up: paid.

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