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cushionings

cushionings is the plural of cushioning.

Meaning of cushioning

Noun

cushioning (countable and uncountable, plural cushionings)

  1. Material used to cushion something.
    • Beneath them lay the calm sleeping waters of the lake, dotted with its beautiful islands […] while away in the distance, like a silver thread among the richest cushionings, the little river itself flowed peacefully onward in its course.1872, L. R. E, The Pace that Kills: A Tale of the Day, volume 2, page 51
  2. (neologism, slang, social media) The act or practice of someone entertaining other potential romantic options while in a committed relationship.

Questions about cushionings

What is cushionings the plural of?
Cushionings is the plural of cushioning.

Words near cushionings in the dictionary

  1. cushioned the blow
  2. cushionet
  3. cushionets
  4. cushioning
  5. cushioning the blow
  6. cushionings
  7. cushionless
  8. cushionlike
  9. cushionlogging
  10. cushions
  11. cushions the blow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cushionings (page history and authors); cushioning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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