cush
3
9.0
- noun
- /kʌʃ/
- UK
:
cojín
- This small cushion is soft and provides a cush for my lower back while I work.
- cush pad
- more cush
Examples
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The plush cush on the chair made it easy to relax during the long movie.
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She always carries a cush in her bag to make her outdoor seating more comfortable.
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Miss Daisy, the ultimate cush cat, likes to sleep on pillows.
Blog text (14) -
You have no idea how much harm was done to the church by rewarding Law with a cush job safe from extradition.
Blog text (7) -
I'm gonna get'em some cush over at Mondo's.
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Caudell tossed his slab of cush from hand to hand until it was cool enough to bite.
Fiction book (1992) -
He deserted me a few years ago for some cush start-up job in San Francisco, but he still makes it back every year for this trip.
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You stay in bed, you eat cush-cush that Mattie and I make for you, you drink that Hadacol vitamin tonic, you wear this dime.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
80
1.0
A soft bag filled with feathers or foam used to make a seat more comfortable
22
3.2
A soft pad used to apply makeup or clean skin
2
1.3
A soft pad that you put on a seat to make sitting more comfortable
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cush is an informal short form of cushion, which means a small, soft 'pad'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a tiny cushion under your knees, and that is why cush means a pad for 'comfort' or 'support'.