cushioning

cush·ion

C0822100 (ko͝osh′ən)n.1. A pad or pillow with a soft filling, used for resting, reclining, or kneeling.2. Something resilient used as a rest, support, or shock absorber.3. A mat placed or attached beneath carpeting to provide softness and increase durability.4. A padlike body part.5. Games The rim bordering the playing surface of a billiard table.6. A pillow used in lacemaking.7. Something that mitigates or relieves an adverse effect: extra funds serving as a cushion against future inflation.tr.v. cush·ioned, cush·ion·ing, cush·ions 1. To provide with a cushion: cushion a bench.2. To place or seat on a cushion.3. To cover or hide (something) with or as if with a cushion.4. To protect from impacts or other disturbing effects: an automobile suspension that cushions the ride.5. To mitigate the effects of; absorb the shock of: cushion a blow.

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[Middle English cushin, from Old French coussin, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnum, from Latin coxa, hip.]

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cush′ion·y adj.

cushioning

(ˈkʊʃənɪŋ) nenergy-absorbent material used as padding

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cushioning - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfortpaddingartefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a wholecushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.falsie - padding that is worn inside a brassierepad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfortstuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniturecotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw statekapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk - a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulationstraw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

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