Buffer and Pad

Buffer

Buffer noun - Something that serves as a protective barrier.

Usage example: the excelsior acts as an additional buffer for the marble bust during shipping

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Pad and buffer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pad" instead a noun "Buffer".

Nearby Words: buff, buffed, buffering, buffing, buffered

Pad noun - Something that serves as a protective barrier.

Usage example: a pad on the chair to keep it from getting scratched

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Buffer and pad are semantically related. You can use "Buffer" instead a noun "Pad".

nice	nice buffer	nice pad
single	single buffer	single pad
obvious	obvious buffer	obvious pad
large	large buffer	large pad
Other adjectives: enormous, huge, major, electric.

In "In The Flesh", Chakotay claims to have been in a transporter malfunction where his clothes got stuck in the pattern buffer and he materialized on the transporter pad wearing only his comm badge.

Source: The Nudifier

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