English Explanatory Dictionary

cushion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
  2. A throw pillow.
  3. A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.
  4. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
  5. A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
  6. A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
  7. The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
  8. The pillow used in making bone lace.
  9. An engraver's pad.
  10. The rubber of an electrical machine.
  11. A pad supporting a woman's hair.
  12. a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
verb
  1. To furnish with cushions.
  2. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
  3. To absorb or deaden the impact of.
  4. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʊʃən/ en-us-cushion.ogg /ˈkʉʃən/

Word forms

cushion cushions cushioning cushioned

Etymology

From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

Synonyms

cushion nestle pad

Related words

pillow squab

Derived words

air cushion air cushion vehicle air-cushion vehicle barbell cushion cushion-cosy cushion cosy cushion-dance cushion for the pushin' cushion gum cushionless cushionlike cushion plant cushion-smiter cushion spurge cushion star cushion tire cushion tyre cushiony financial cushion jump cushion jumping cushion king's cushion lady's cushion more cushion for the pushin' mother-in-law's cushion pin-cushion pincushion pin cushion safety cushion scatter cushion seat cushion speed cushion T-cushion thump-cushion whoopee cushion whoopie cushion cushion the blow recushion

Translations

Afrikaans: kussing Albanian: jastëk Albanian: kultër Albanian: mëkresë Arabic: وِسَادَة Arabic: وَسَادَة Arabic: وُسَادَة Arabic: نُمْرُقَة Arabic: نِمْرِقَة Arabic: نَمْرَقَة Arabic: مسند Arabic: مخدة Aragonese: coxín Armenian: բարձ Asturian: coxín Azerbaijani: yastıq Azerbaijani: balış Bashkir: мендәр Belarusian: паду́шка Bengali: কুশন Bengali: উপাধান Bengali: বালিশ Breton: torchenn Bulgarian: възгла́вница Bulgarian: бу́фер Burmese: ကူရှင် Burmese: ဖုံ Burmese: အခု Catalan: coixí Chinese Cantonese: 墊子 /垫子 Chinese Cantonese: 箍臣 Chinese Cantonese: 咕順 /咕顺 Chinese Mandarin: 墊子 /垫子 Chinese Mandarin: 軟墊 /软垫 Chinese Mandarin: 靠墊 /靠垫 Coptic: ϣϣⲟⲧ Crimean Tatar: minder Czech: polštářek Czech: poduška Czech: polštář Czech: nárazník Danish: pude Danish: hynde Danish: bande Dutch: kussen Esperanto: kuseno Estonian: sohvapadi Faroese: koddi Faroese: púta Finnish: tyyny Finnish: pehmuste French: coussin Friulian: cussin Galician: coxín Galician: chumazo Galician: troxo Galician: mulido Georgian: ბალიში German: Kissen German: Puffer German: Polster Greek: μαξιλάρι Greek: στρώμα Ancient Greek: τύλη Ancient Greek: κνέφαλλον Ancient Greek: στοιβή Hausa: kushin Hebrew: כָּרִית Hebrew: כַּר Hindi: तकिया Hindi: बालिश Hindi: मसनद Hungarian: párna Hungarian: vánkos Hungarian: díszpárna Hungarian: -tompító Hungarian: -csillapító Hungarian: -védő Icelandic: púði Ido: kuseno Igbo: kushọn Indonesian: bantal
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