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cushion

English

  1. 🔊 a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
  2. 🔊 the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
  3. 🔊 a mechanical damper
    “the old car needed a new set of shocks”
  4. 🔊 protect from impact
    “cushion the blow”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cojín cushion
  2. 🔊 acojinar to cushion, to pad
  3. 🔊 amortiguar to cushion, to absorb (an impact)

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