{
    "term": "cushion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/li/livingroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable",
            "labels": "North American English also(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "matching curtains and cushions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a floor cushion *(= a large  that you put on the floor to sit on)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cushion of moss on a rock"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I rested my elbow on a cushion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plumped up the sofa cushions before the guests arrived."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["plump", "soft", "couch"],
                "verb + cushion": ["plump", "plump up"],
                "cushion + noun": ["cover"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the cushion"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a layer of something between two surfaces that keeps them apart",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Underlay forms a cushion between the carpet and the floor, to minimize wear."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "something that protects you against something unpleasant that might happen",
            "sensetop": "cushion (against something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the soft inside edge along each side of the table that the balls bounce off",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊʃn/",
                "audio": "cu/cushion/cushion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊʃn/",
                "audio": "cu/cushion/cushion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cuissin, based on a Latin word meaning ‘cushion for the hip’, from coxa ‘hip, thigh’. The Romans also had a word cubital ‘elbow cushion’, from cubitus ‘elbow’."
}