Cushion

What do we mean by cushion?

A pad or pillow with a soft filling, used for resting, reclining, or kneeling. noun

Something resilient used as a rest, support, or shock absorber. noun

A mat placed or attached beneath carpeting to provide softness and increase durability. noun

A padlike body part. noun

The rim bordering the playing surface of a billiard table. noun

A pillow used in lacemaking. noun

Something that mitigates or relieves an adverse effect. noun

To provide with a cushion. transitive verb

To place or seat on a cushion. transitive verb

To cover or hide (something) with or as if with a cushion. transitive verb

To protect from impacts or other disturbing effects. transitive verb

To mitigate the effects of; absorb the shock of. transitive verb

A bag-like case of cloth or leather, usually of moderate size, filled with feathers, wool, or other soft material, used to support or ease some part of the body in sitting or reclining, as on a chair or lounge. See pillow. noun

Something resembling a cushion in structure, softness, elasticity, use, or appearance; especially, something used to counteract a sudden shock, jar, or jolt, as in a piece of mechanism. noun

The rubber of an electrical machine. See rubber. noun

The padded side or rim of a billiard-table. noun

The head of a bit-stock. See brace, 14. noun

In machinery, a body of air or steam which serves, under pressure, as an elastic check or buffer; specifically, steam left in the cylinder of an engine to serve as an elastic check for the piston. The cushion is made by closing the exhaust-outlet an instant before the end of the stroke, or by opening the inlet for live steam before the stroke is finished. noun

In zoology, a pulvillus. noun

In botany, the enlargement at or beneath the insertion of many leaves, a special mobile organ. Also called pulvinus. noun

A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.

Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

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.

A riotous dance, formerly common at weddings.

An object comprised of two sheets of fabric stuffed with something soft and fluffy, to various degrees of comfort. Can be found on couches, beds, sofas, chairs, loungers, and even thrown on the floor. Urban Dictionary

A best friend with whom you can act stupid with and lean on. Urban Dictionary

A dating technique where along with your main piece you also have several 'cushions', other people you'll chat and flirt with to cushion the potential blow of your main break-up and not leave you alone. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is too nice or soft with their opinions. Cushion’s don’t say what they actually feel and sugar coat everything. Basically a kiss ass. Urban Dictionary

When your bae uses your booty as a pillow Urban Dictionary

A cushion is drug that makes the comedown of another drug easier to deal with. A cushion can also be taking a small amount of the same drug when coming down. Urban Dictionary

A fat woman. A spoiled, overindulged girl or woman with a sense of entitlement. Urban Dictionary

A girl of any background or ethnicity that is not too skinny or not too fat more so falling along the average scale. Urban Dictionary

The act of capturing a slow mo video of someone falling or jumping onto something soft like a pillow, sofa or bed. Urban Dictionary

A really nice sleep you hav wen u feel like ur sleepin on clouds all cuddled up in ur duvet n u dont wana get out of bed cuz its freezin! ZzzzZZzz! Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to cushion:
cushion, cashion, fushion.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word cushion:
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Words that rhyme with cushion:
push in, ambush in, busch in, bush in, bush inn, flatbush in, kush in, rosebush in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe cushion:
soft, pin, small, red, large, little, thick, financial, crimson, black, endocardial, green, white, elastic, protective, comfortable, embroidered, thin, cottony, blue, round, big, top, three, silken, hard, pulpit, extra, firm, flat, shaped, air, loose, purple, yellow, fat, padded, nice, rear, deep, stuffed, substantial, filled, adequate, pink, plump, down, circular, pneumatic, inflatable, inch, digital, bottom, dense, lotus, huge, sufficient, golden, rich, seat, double, leathern, coronary, brown, middle, scarlet, covered, opposite, enough, warm, front, bright, tiny, plastic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cushion:
kate, players.

Consonant match to cushion:
caution, cation, cash in, cashin, cashion, kocian, cashen, cache in, cashon, cush in, kaisha in, kirsch in, kish in, ku shun, kush in, quiche in.

Words that sound like cushion:
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