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    CUSHIONING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfortplay

    Synonyms:

    cushioning; padding

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("cushioning" is a kind of...):

    artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

    Meronyms (substance of "cushioning"):

    cotton; cotton fiber; cotton wool (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)

    kapok; silk cotton; vegetable silk (a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation)

    straw (plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cushioning"):

    cushion (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 brassiere)

    pad (a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort)

    stuffing (padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture)

    Derivation:

    cushion (protect from impact)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb cushion

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