cushion
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From Old French coissin (modern coussin), ultimately from Latin coxa ‘hip, thigh’.
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cushion (plural 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.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
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soft material in cloth bag
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absorbent or protective item
in cue sports
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to cushion (third-person singular simple present cushions, present participle cushioning, simple past and past participle cushioned)
- to provide a soft pillow cushion
- to absorb or deaden the impact of something
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provide cushion
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absorb impact
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