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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Cushion (0.01010 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Cushion.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cushion bantal
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cushion cushion n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; “the old car needed a new set of shocks” [syn: shock absorber , shock] 2: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. v : protect from impact; “cushion the blow” [syn: buffer, soften]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cushion Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster] Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 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. Cushion star (Zo["o]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster]

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