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cushion /kŭshˈən/ noun- A case of material, plastic, etc filled with some soft, elastic stuff, eg feathers or foam rubber, for resting on
- A pillow
- A pad
- An engraver's pad
- The pillow used in making bone-lace
- The cap of a pier (architecture)
- The padded lining of the inner side of a snooker or billiard table (informal cush)
- A body of steam remaining in the cylinder of a steam-engine, acting as a buffer to the piston
- Any body of air or steam acting as a protection against shock
- Anything that serves to deaden a blow, act as a protection against harm, unpleasant effects, etc
transitive verb- To seat on, or provide with, a cushion or cushions
- To serve as a cushion for or against
- To suppress (complaints) by ignoring
ORIGIN: OFr coissin, from L coxīnum, coxa hip, or perh L culcita mattress, cushion cushˈioned adjective - Furnished with a cushion, padded
- Protected, shielded from anything unpleasant
- Having cushion-tyres
cushˈionet noun A little cushion cushˈiony adjective Like a cushion, soft cushˈion-plant noun A plant of cushion-like form reducing transpiration cushion star noun The starlet cushˈion-tyre or (N American) -tire noun A cycle tyre of rubber tubing, with rubber stuffing |