cushion

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Etymology

From Old French coissin (modern coussin), ultimately from Latin coxa ‘hip, thigh’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʊʃən/, SAMPA: /"kUS@n/

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• Rhymes: -ʊʃən

Noun

cushion (plural cushions)

1. 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.
2. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
3. (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.
4. (figuratively) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2011 November 3, Arindam Rej, “Fulham 4 - 1 Wisla Krakow”, BBC Sport:

     Wisla made a bright start to the second half and Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer was twice called into action, first saving Gervasio Nunez's deflected 20-yard effort and then smothering Gargula's free-kick.
     But Fulham soon had the cushion of a third goal after more outstanding build-up play.

Translations

soft material in cloth bag

Afrikaans: kussing (af) Arabic: مخمد (ar) Armenian: բարձ (hy) (barj) Bulgarian: възглавница (bg) f. Catalan: coixí (ca) m. Crimean Tatar: minder Czech: polštářek (cs) m., poduška (cs) f. Danish: pude (da) c., hynde (da) c. Dutch: kussen (nl) n. Finnish: tyyny (fi) French: coussin (fr) m. Georgian: ბალიში (ka) (bališi) German: Kissen (de) n. Greek: μαξιλάρι (el) (maxilári) n. Hungarian: párna (hu), vánkos (hu) Italian: cuscino (it) m. Japanese: 座布団, クッション (kusshon) Korean: 쿠션 (ko) (kusyeon)

Lao: ເບາະ (bö') Latvian: spilvens (lv) m. Lithuanian: pagalvė (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Këssen (lb) n. Macedonian: перниче (mk) (pérniče) n. Mandarin: 靠垫 (cmn) (kàodiàn) Persian: مخده (fa) Polish: poduszka (pl) f. Portuguese: almofada (pt) f. Romanian: pernă (ro) f. Russian: подушка (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: pillean (gd) m. Slovene: blazina f. (1) Spanish: cojín m., almohadón m. Swedish: dyna (sv) c., kudde (sv) c. Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: подушка (uk) (podúška) f. Welsh: clustog (cy) m., clustogau (cy) m. pl.

absorbent or protective item

Bulgarian: буфер (bg) m. Czech: polštář (cs) m., nárazník (cs) m. Danish: bande (da) c. Dutch: kussen (nl) n. Finnish: pehmuste (fi) German: Puffer (de) n., Polster (de) n. Greek: στρώμα (el) (stróma) n. Japanese: クッション (kusshon) Kurdish: بالیف (ku) (balif)

Macedonian: подлога (mk) (pódloga) f., легло (mk) (léglo) n. Polish: poduszka (pl) f. Portuguese: amortecedor (pt) m., almofada (pt) f. Russian: амортизатор (ru) m., подушка (ru) f., прокладка (ru) f. Slovene: blazina f. (1) Spanish: colchón m., amortiguante m. Swedish: kudde (sv) c. Ukrainian: буфер (uk) (búfer) m.

in cue sports

Bulgarian: борд (bg) m. Czech: mantinel (cs) m. Danish: bande (da) c. Dutch: band (nl) Finnish: valli (fi) German: Bande (de) f. Greek: σπόντα (el) (spónta) f. Italian: sponda (it) f.

Japanese: クッション (kusshon) Polish: banda (pl) f. Portuguese: tabela (pt) f. Russian: борт (ru) m. Spanish: banda (es) f. Swedish: vall (sv) c. Ukrainian: борт (uk) (bort) m.

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Breton: torchenn f -où pl Esperanto: kuseno Indonesian: lapik duduk

Interlingua: cossino, cossinetto Korean: 쿠션 kushyeon; 방석 bangseok (floor cushion) Telugu: మెత్త Volapük: kusen, kapakusen

See also

• pillow
• squab

Verb

cushion (third-person singular simple present cushions, present participle cushioning, simple past and past participle cushioned)

1. to provide a soft pillow cushion
2. to absorb or deaden the impact of something

Translations

provide cushion

Czech: vypoltářovat (cs) Danish: polstre (da) German: polstern (de) Serbian: obžiti, ublažiti

Slovene: oblaziniti Spanish: amortiguar (es) Swedish: stoppa (sv), madrassera (sv)

absorb impact

Bulgarian: омекотявам (bg) (omekotyávam) Czech: ztlumit (cs), zmírnit (cs) Danish: afbøde (da) Finnish: pehmentää (fi) French: amortir (fr) German: abdämpfen (de), abfedern (de) Macedonian: ублажува (mk) (ublážuva)

Portuguese: amortecer (pt) Russian: смягчать удар Serbian: ublažiti (sr) Slovene: ublažiti (udarec) Spanish: amortiguar suavizar proteger Swedish: dämpa (sv), mildra (sv)

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Breton: distronsañ Interlingua: amortir Volapük: kusenön