cushion
🇺🇸
/ˈkʊʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˈkʊʃn/
noun
R
A soft bag filled with soft material used to make seats more comfortable.
I put a cushion on the chair to make it softer.
R
A layer that keeps two surfaces apart.
The hovercraft moves on a cushion of air.
R
Something that protects you from bad things.
His savings were a cushion against money problems.
R
The soft edge on a billiard table that balls bounce off.
The ball hit the cushion and bounced back.
verb
R
To make a fall or hit less hard.
The soft ground cushioned my fall.
R
To protect someone from harm or bad effects.
The policy will cushion people from tax increases.
translation
A soft bag filled with soft material used to make seats more comfortable.; A layer that keeps two surfaces apart.; Something that protects you from bad things.; The soft edge on a billiard table that balls bounce off.
To make a fall or hit less hard.; To protect someone from harm or bad effects.
Word Forms
Plural
cushions
Progressive
cushioning
Past
cushioned
Perfect
cushioned
3rd Present
cushions