Cushions

Word CUSHIONS
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈkʊʃənz/

Definitions and meanings of "Cushions"

What do we mean by cushions?

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cushions

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The word "cushions" in example sentences

The leader may say, for example: "It being a beautiful spring day, the _old lady with the bandbox_ [here the old lady must get up and turn around] decided to visit her daughter, and so took a _seat_ in the _stage coach_ [everybody turns around]; she found the _cushions_ [cushions turn around] very comfortable until the _fat old gentleman_ [fat old gentleman turns around] got in, when the place seemed to her very crowded, and she was glad to open the _windows_; the _driver_ cracked his _whip_, the _wheels_ creaked, the _horses_ strained at the _harness_, and away they started on their journey," etc. ❋ Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (N/A)

When it comes to cushions is a wise option to unzip them and see what exactly is on the inside, to make sure you get only the best. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each understood how putting their name on a ballot robbed them of sleep, took them from their families and made them pin cushions for ridicule. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He got the cushions from a man he once shared a trailer with, and they turned out to be infested with cockroaches. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The páramo sensu strictu has a predominance of scrublands and low shrubs and the superpáramo has grasses in cushions with scant coverage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I always build in cushions because there's ALWAYS someone who misses the deadlines. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I-R-I, With the current left-wing cultural mantra advising bed-hopping “pin cushions” (The Mr. and I loved your description) to run down to the nearest abortion mill as an alternative form of birth control, is pitiful, selfish and degrading. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I-R-I, With the current left-wing cultural mantra advising bed-hopping “pin cushions” (The Mr. and I loved your description) ❋ Unknown (2006)

In the evening she would lie back among the satin cushions and the soldiers and guards would come in and she would discourse cleverly on literature and art – just like a courtesan in the time of the Louis. ' ❋ Unknown (1918)

After that, he set the cushions from the buggy, covering them with the rug, at the head of the couch, making a bolster, and, over that, the one she had had at her back. ❋ Unknown (1915)

But this effect very rapidly disappears as they bury themselves in cushions of pink catch-fly (v. compacta), or low-growing pinks, tiny campanulas, yellow viola, London pride, and the vast variety of rock-plants, ❋ Unknown (1886)

In fact, the $1130 and $1120/oz levels appear to serve as the more relevant near-term cushions along with intraday, 4/6, and 4/2 lows. ❋ FastBrokersFX (2010)

The devices being considered are called speed "cushions" - not the more widely used slang term of speed "humps" - because they are made of rubber and can be picked up, moved and relocated to a different site as traffic control and police requirements change. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fix: To brighten the look and make cleaning easy, a lightweight Coyuchi washable throw draped over the cushions is the next best thing to summer slipcovers. ❋ Sara Ruffin Costello (2011)

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