About The Word Cushion
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Cushion Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cushion?
[n] a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
[n] a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [v] protect from impact; "cushion the blow" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cushion: buffer | shock | shock absorber | soften Related Terms | Find terms related to Cushion: abate | absorb | absorb the shock | acoustic tile | aegis | afford support | air mattress | allay | alleviate | alleviative | alleviator | anesthetize | anodyne | antiknock | appease | arm | arm guard | armor | assuage | assuager | back | back up | backstop | baffle | baffler | balm | barrier | bear | bear up | bedding | benumb | bless | blubber | bolster | bolster up | brace | brattice | break the fall | breeze | buffer | buffer state | bulkhead | bulwark | bumper | buoy up | butter | buttress | calmative | carry | champion | clay | cloak | cloison | collision mat | compass about | contraceptive | copyright | cover | cradle | crash helmet | crutch | damp | dampen | dampener | damper | dashboard | deaden | deaden the pain | deafen | defend | diaphragm | diminish | dissepiment | dividing line | dividing wall | division | dodger | dolorifuge | dough | down | dull | ease | ease matters | eiderdown | ensure | face mask | feather bed | feathers | fence | fend | fender | finger guard | fleece | floss | flue | fluff | foam | foment | foot guard | fuse | gag | gentle | give relief | give support | goggles | governor | guarantee | guard | guardrail | hand guard | handrail | harbor | hard hat | haven | helmet | hold | hold up | hushcloth | innerspring mattress | insulate | insulation | insure | interlock | interseptum | kapok | keep | keep afloat | keep from harm | keep up | knead | knee guard | knuckle guard | laminated glass | laxate | lay | lend support | lenitive | lessen | life preserver | lifeline | lightning conductor | lightning rod | limber | limber up | litter | loosen | lull | mainstay | maintain | make safe | mash | mask | massage | mat | mattress | mellow | midriff | midsection | milden | mitigate | mitigator | moderator | modulator | mollifier | mollify | mudguard | muffle | muffler | mute | muzzle | nestle | neutralize | nose guard | numb | offset | pacificator | pacifier | pad | padding | palladium | pallet | palliate | palliative | panel | paries | partition | party wall | patent | peacemaker | pillow | pilot | plump | plush | police | poultice | pour balm into | pour oil on | preventive | prop | property line | prophylactic | protect | protective clothing | protective umbrella | pudding | puff | pulp | putty | quietener | reduce | register | reinforce | relax | relieve | restraining hand | ride shotgun for | rubber | rug | safeguard | safety | safety glass | safety plug | safety rail | safety shoes | safety switch | safety valve | salve | satin | screen | seat belt | secure | sedative | separation | septulum | septum | shake up | shelter | shield | shin guard | shock absorber | shock pad | shore | shore up | shoulder | show consideration | show mercy | show pity | shroud | silence cloth | silencer | silk | slacken | slake | sleeping bag | smash | soft pedal | soften | soften the blow | soften up | soft-pedal | soothe | soother | soothing syrup | sordine | sordino | sound-absorbing material | soundproofing | soundproofing insulation | sourdine | springs | squash | stabilizer | stay | stop | stupe | subdue | subsidize | subvention | sun helmet | supple | support | suppress | sustain | swansdown | temperer | tenderize | thistledown | tone down | tranquilizer | tune down | umbrella | underbed | underbedding | underbrace | undergird | underlie | underpin | underset | underwrite | upbear | uphold | upkeep | velvet | wall | wax | windscreen | windshield | wiser head | wool | zephyr See Also | air cushion | air spring | cushioning | damper | gaddi | hassock | head restraint | headrest | inflatable cushion | modify | muffler | padding | pillow | pincushion | seat cushion | suspension | suspension system | throw pillow Cushion In Webster's Dictionary \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF.
coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum,
dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt},
and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.]
1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material,
and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.
--Dryden.
2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as:
(a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf;
(b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam
engine to receive the impact of the piston;
(c) the elastic edge of a billiard table.
3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; --
called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell.
{Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to
appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its
entablature.
(b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the
Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part
of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical
faces.
{Cushion star} (Zo["o]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to
{Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so
called from its form.
\Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cushioned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. {Cushioning}.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under {Dead-stroke}. |
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