cushion

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
2. (Commonwealth, countable, uncountable) A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
3. (countable, uncountable) A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
5. (countable, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
6. (countable, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
7. (countable, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
8. (countable, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
9. (countable, historical, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
10. (countable, historical, uncountable) Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
11. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) 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.
12. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) 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.
13. (countable, historical, uncountable) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.

Verb

1. To furnish with cushions.
2. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
3. (figuratively) To absorb or deaden the impact of.
4. (figuratively) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Synonyms

pillow

pad

mattress

bolster

non-call period

buffer

soften

mat

bed

🛏️

carpet

pincushion

shock

⚡

shock absorber

cover

cushioning

damp

dampen

deaden

defend

doily

ease

edge

facilitate

fence

floor cloth

friction

guard

💂

harbor

harbour

kiss

😗

lining

matting

mitigate

muffle

mute

🔇

padding

pillowcase

pouffe

preserve

protect

redeem

redemption

relieve

remit

rug

safeguard

slake

spring

squab

stifle

Translations

coussin

cuscino

Kissen

almofada

kussen

😗

cojín

μαξιλάρι

almohada

Polster

oreiller

almohadón

amortiguar

coixí

coxim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʊʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quysshyn

In summary

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”).