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air cushion
[ air koosh-uhn ]
air cushion
noun
- an inflatable cushion, usually made of rubber or plastic
- the pocket of air that supports a hovercraft
- a form of pneumatic suspension consisting of a constricted volume of air See also air spring
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Other Words From
- air-cush·ioned adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of air cushion1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
Captain Pond clapped a thumb over the orifice of his air-cushion, and heaved a sigh as he thought of Sergeant Fugler.
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Automatic Air Cushion gently assists nature in drawing together the broken parts.
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Both butter and eggs went higher, and Jack's rubber air-cushion sprung such a leak that it collapsed hopelessly.
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The turbine howled as the driver gunned us up on the air cushion and sent us skimming away.
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Aunt Harriet's mind had brooded all day over the air-cushion as mournfully as a hart's tongue over a well.
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