cushion
noun /ˈkʊʃn/
/ˈkʊʃn/
enlarge image(North American English also pillow)a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable- matching curtains and cushions
- a floor cushion (= a large cushion that you put on the floor to sit on)
- (figurative) a cushion of moss on a rock
- I rested my elbow on a cushion.
- She plumped up the sofa cushions before the guests arrived.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plump
- soft
- couch
- …
- plump
- plump up
- cover
- on a/the cushion
- a layer of something between two surfaces that keeps them apart
- A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air.
- Underlay forms a cushion between the carpet and the floor, to minimize wear.
- [usually singular] cushion (against something) something that protects you against something unpleasant that might happen
- His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems.
- The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half.
- (in the game of billiards, etc.) the soft inside edge along each side of the table that the balls bounce offTopics Sports: other sportsc2
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cuissin, based on a Latin word meaning ‘cushion for the hip’, from coxa ‘hip, thigh’. The Romans also had a word cubital ‘elbow cushion’, from cubitus ‘elbow’.