cushion

1. (countable, uncountable)A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

   a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.

2. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

   (Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)A throw pillow.

3. (countable, uncountable)A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.

4. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

   (countable, uncountable)A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.

5. (countable, uncountable)A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.

6. (countable, uncountable)The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.

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   бортbort

   бортbort

7. (countable, uncountable)The pillow used in making bone lace.

8. (countable, uncountable)An engraver's pad.

9. (countable, historical, uncountable)The rubber of an electrical machine.

10. (countable, historical, uncountable)A pad supporting a woman's hair.

11. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.

12. A sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.

    (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Money kept in reserve.

1. How many cushions are on the sofa?

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2. He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.

   ruОн принёс несколько подушек, чтобы подпереть её голову.

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3. The benches are hard, so I always bring a cushion.

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4. The cushions on the sofa don't match those on the armchairs.

   deDie Kissen auf dem Sofa passen nicht zu denen auf den Lehnstühlen.

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5. Put those cushions on the couch.

   deLege die Kissen auf das Sofa!

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