cushion : Idioms & Phrases


Air cushion

  • noun the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground
  • noun a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion
    air spring.
  • noun a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated
    air cushion.
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  • an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air.
Webster 1913

Altar cushion

  • a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book.
Webster 1913

cushion calamint

  • noun aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia
    Satureja vulgaris; wild basil; Clinopodium vulgare.
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Cushion capital

  • .(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces.
Webster 1913

cushion flower

  • noun tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
    Hakea laurina; pincushion hakea.
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Cushion star

  • (Zoöl.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; so called from its form.
Webster 1913

Cushioned hammer

  • a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.
Webster 1913

inflatable cushion

  • noun a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated
    air cushion.
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King's cushion

  • a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Webster 1913

lady's cushion

La"dy's cush"ion
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
Webster 1913

seat cushion

  • noun a cushion that makes a seat more comfortable
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