Cushion

Quick meaning: Cushion is a noun meaning A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

Meaning

A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

More Meanings

1. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
2. To furnish with cushions.
3. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
4. (figurative) To absorb or deaden the impact of.
5. (transitive, figurative) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
6. (figuratively) 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.
7. (historical) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.

Example Sentences

to cushion a sofa

It will most likely not alter the destination of the league title, which still seems bound for City, who retain an 11-point cushion at the top

“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]”

In reference to a nuptial feast, the cushion dance at weddings is thus mentioned in the Apophthegms of King James, the Earl of Worcester and others (1658): “At last when the Masque was ended and Time had brought in the Supper, the Cushion led the Dance out of the Parlour into the Hall;”

Word Forms

• cushions
• cushioning
• cushioned

Synonyms for cushion

Depending on context, synonyms include nestle, pad, shock, buffer, soften.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include buffer, soften, shock, mattress, pad, pillow.

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