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noun
1.
a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
2.
anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing.
3.
something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam.
4.
something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like: His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment.
5.
EXPANDAnatomy, Zoology. any part or structure resembling a cushion.
6.
the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table.
7.
a pad worn under the hair by women.
8.
a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time.
9.
Ice Hockey, Canadian. the iced surface of a rink.
10.
a pillow used in lacemaking.
11.
COLLAPSEa leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding.
verb (used with object)
12.
to place on or support by a cushion.
13.
to furnish with a cushion or cushions.
14.
to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion.
15.
to lessen or soften the effects of: to cushion the blow to his pride.
16.
EXPANDto suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring.
17.
to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam.
18.
COLLAPSEto form (steam or the like) into a cushion.
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Cushions'
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin ≪ Latin cōx(a) hip + -īnus -ine1; see coxa
1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin ≪ Latin cōx(a) hip + -īnus -ine1; see coxa
Related forms
cush·ion·less, adjective
cush·ion·like, adjective
un·cush·ioned, adjective
well-cush·ioned, adjective
Synonyms
1. pad. Cushion, pillow, bolster agree in being cases filled with a material more or less resilient, intended to be used as supports for the body or parts of it. A cushion is a soft pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against: cushions on a sofa; cushions on pews in a church. A pillow is a bag or case filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, usually to support the head: to sleep with a pillow under one's head. A bolster is a firm pillow, long enough to extend the width of a bed and used as head support, with or without a pillow. 3. shock absorber.
1. pad. Cushion, pillow, bolster agree in being cases filled with a material more or less resilient, intended to be used as supports for the body or parts of it. A cushion is a soft pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against: cushions on a sofa; cushions on pews in a church. A pillow is a bag or case filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, usually to support the head: to sleep with a pillow under one's head. A bolster is a firm pillow, long enough to extend the width of a bed and used as head support, with or without a pillow. 3. shock absorber.
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