cushion
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cushion sing (pl.: cushions)
cushion (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente cushions, participio presente cushioning, passato semplice e participio passato cushioned)
- ammortizzare, attutire, smorzare (un urto o simili)
- to cushion a blow - ammortizzare un colpo
- IPA: /ˈkʊʃən/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal francese coussin (anticamente coissin), a sua volta derivato dal latino coxa, letteralmente "anca"
- (cuscino) pillow
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary