Dictionary Entry
cushion
cushion is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
- 2noun
Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
- 3noun
a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
- 4noun
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
- 5noun
the elastic edge of a billiard table.
- 6noun
A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.
- 7transitive verb
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
- 8transitive verb
To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
- 9transitive verb
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
- 10noun
a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
- 11noun
the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- 12noun
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
"the old car needed a new set of shocks"
Synonyms
- 13verb
protect from impact
"cushion the blow"
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