abbr. - post office.

- postal order.

- petty officer.

- pilot officer.

- n. (pl. -s) colloq. Chamber-pot. [from *pot1]

- symb. Polonium.

Abbr. (also pp) per pro.

- Abbr. Pages.

- abbr. Pianissimo.

Abbr. Pair.

- abbr. - public relations.

- proportional representation.

- symb. Praseodymium.

abbr. Postscript.

abbr. - part.

- pint.

- point.

- naut. Port.

- abbr. Physical training.

- symb. Platinum.

symb. Plutonium.

abbr. Policewoman.

—n. - thick piece of soft material used to protect, fill out hollows, hold or absorb liquid, etc.

- sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, for writing or drawing on.

- fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger.

- guard for the leg and ankle in sports.

- flat surface for helicopter take-off or rocket-launching.

- slang lodgings, flat, etc.

- floating leaf of a water lily. —v. (-dd-) 1 provide with a pad or padding; stuff.

- (foll. By out) lengthen or fill out (a book etc.) With unnecessary material. [probably low german or dutch]

- —v. (-dd-) 1 walk with a soft dull steady step.

- travel, or tramp along (a road etc.), on foot. —n. Sound of soft steady steps. [low german pad *path]

int. Expressing disgust or contempt. [natural exclamation]

—n. Colloq. Friend, mate, comrade. —v. (-ll-) (usu. Foll. By up) associate; form a friendship. [romany]