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Definitions for Cushioning

[1] a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
[2] anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing.
[3] something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam.
[4] something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like: His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment.
[5] Anatomy , Zoology . any part or structure resembling a cushion.
[6] the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table.
[7] a pad worn under the hair by women.
[8] a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time.
[9] Ice Hockey , Canadian . the iced surface of a rink.
[10] a pillow used in lacemaking.
[11] a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding.
[12] to place on or support by a cushion.
[13] to furnish with a cushion or cushions.
[14] to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion.
[15] to lessen or soften the effects of: to cushion the blow to his pride.
[16] to suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring.
[17] to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam.
[18] to form (steam or the like) into a cushion.
[19] a bag made of cloth, leather, plastic, etc, filled with feathers, air, or other yielding substance, used for sitting on, leaning against, etc
[20] something resembling a cushion in function or appearance, esp one to support or pad or to absorb shock
[21] the resilient felt-covered rim of a billiard table
[22] another name for pillow (def. 2)
[23] short for air cushion
[24] a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
[25] to place on or as on a cushion
[26] to provide with cushions
[27] to lessen or suppress the effects of
[28] to protect, esp against hardship or change
[29] to check the motion of (a mechanism) gently, esp by the compression of trapped fluid in a cylinder to provide with a means of absorbing shock

Words related to Cushioning

cushionbuffer, headrest, mat, bolster, dampen, insulate, soften, hassock, fender, rest, seat, sham, beanbag, squab, bumper, buttress, seclude, suppress, support, cradle

Words nearby Cushioning

cushioncushing, cushing's disease, cushing's syndrome, cushing's syndrome medicamentosus, cushingoid, cushion, cushion cut, cushion pink, cushion plant, cushion rafter, cushiony

Origin of Cushioning

1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin ≪ Latin cōx(a ) hip + -īnus -ine1; see coxa

Other words from Cushioning

cush·ion·less , adjective
cush·ion·like , adjective
un·cush·ioned , adjective
well-cush·ioned , adjective

Word origin for Cushioning

from Latin culcita mattress

Synonyms for Cushioning

buffer, headrest, mat, beanbag, bolster, bumper, fender, hassock, rest, seat, sham, squab, woolsack