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UK
/kˈʊʃən/
]
[ US /ˈkʊʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈkʊʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
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a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
the old car needed a new set of shocks - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
VERB
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protect from impact
cushion the blow
How To Use cushion In A Sentence
- It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
- So in terms of home furnishing it is expected to have curtain, bedspreads, cushion covers etc.
- Of course people have noticed before that Matisse posed his models in flimsy, filmy harem pants on divans and cushions covered with flowered or striped stuffs against fabric screens and curtains.
- One of my hobbies is lampworking, and an old sock stuffed with lambswool and then covered in a fire-retardant sleeve works well for cushioning my elbows when I work!! Turn Old Socks Into Foot Odour Killers | Lifehacker Australia
- The setting is conducive to cuddling up in the soft cushions and really making yourself at home.
- The soft cushions were so much more comfortable than the hard bench of the wagon.
- He set the computer aside and put his hands behind his back, sinking into the comfortable support of the cushions and allowing the memories to take him back.
- Check out the pincushion hakea with its pointy-tipped nuts like fairy bells; the teak pods that open up like wooden flowers, and the large woody pears with slightly furry grey skin that's very soft to the touch.
- The world number one played a simple safety shot to leave the white ball on the bottom cushion and Doherty played the ball deadweight into the pack of reds.
- With a foul bottom we're only making 5 knots and I can't turn quickly enough, so we do a flying gybe, break a spreader on the main, almost throw the guests overboard, lose some cushions, douse sails, and tuck into Lameshur Bay, St. John.