Cushioning

Definition: Cushioning

Cushioning

Noun

1. Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.

Synonym: Cushioning

Synonym: padding (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Cushioning Against Insurance Cycles: The Role of Risk Retention and Purchasing Groups (reference) Modeling of Cushioning Systems (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Deluxe Reclining Glider- Oak Base with Beige Chenille Cushioning (reference) Ottoman - Oak Base with Beige Chenille Cushioning (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Economy	Poland	The party's leadership generally supports liberal economic policies but stresses the importance of cushioning the harsher effects of economic reform. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Cushioning" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.89% of the time. "Cushioning" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	57.89%	22	74,468
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	18.42%	7	133,076
Noun (proper)	18.42%	7	133,076
Adjective (general or positive)	5.26%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	38	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "cushioning"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"冲 (buffered, Cushioned). (various references)

Danish		polstring (cushion, garnish, lining, pad, padding, upholstery), daempning (attenuation, rejection). (various references)

Dutch		verend materiaal, buffermateriaal (padding), buffering, buffer (buffer, bumper). (various references)

Finnish		pehmustus (padding), pehmustaminen (padding), päätyasentovaimennus. (various references)

French		capitonnage, rembourrage, materiel de calage, matelassure, matériel élastique, amortissement. (various references)

German		polsternd (bolstering, padding, upholstering). (various references)

Greek		στούπωμα (clog, gasket, wadding), γέμισμα (cross, fill, filling, stuffing), απόσβεση (attenuation, damping, deadening, depreciation, payment). (various references)

Italian		cuscinatura (padding), imbottitura (bolster, pad, padding, stuffing, upholstery, wadding). (various references)

Korean		� 션을 댐. (various references)

Pig Latin		ushioningcay

Portuguese		amortecimento (damping), almofadado (cushiony, padded), acolchoado (bedspread, comforter, padded, quilt, quilted, upholsterer). (various references)

Spanish		guarnición antichoque (padding), amortiguador (absorber, air cushion, buffer, muffler, shock absorber, shock-absorber), amortiguado (padding), almohadillado (bossage, padded), acolchado (padded, padding, quilted, quilting). (various references)

Swedish		dämpning (attenuation, damping, loss, padding, transmission loss). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Cushioning" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cushinan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "cushioning" (pronounced kuh"shuning or kuh"shning)
5	-sh u n i ng	apportioning, auctioning, auditioning, captioning, cautioning, commissioning, conditioning, decommissioning, fashioning, freshening, functioning, malfunctioning, mentioning, motioning, partitioning, petitioning, positioning, rationing, reconditioning, repositioning, sanctioning, sectioning, stationing, vacationing.
4	-u n i ng	abandoning, awakening, bargaining, battening, beckoning, blackening, bludgeoning, brightening, broadening, burdening, burgeoning, championing, cheapening, christening, coarsening, dampening, darkening, deadening, deafening, deepening, determining, disciplining, disheartening, disillusioning, enlightening, envisioning, examining, fastening, fattening, flattening, frightening, gardening, glistening, happening, hardening, hastening, heartening, heightening, imagining, imprisoning, jettisoning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, likening, listening, loosening, maddening, margining, opening, orphaning, pardoning, poisoning, provisioning, questioning, quickening, reasoning, reawakening, reckoning, reexamining, reopening, ripening, ruining, saddening, seasoning, sharpening, shortening, sickening, siphoning, slackening, softening, stiffening, straightening, strengthening, summoning, sweetening, thickening, threatening, tightening, toughening, unquestioning, weakening, whitening, widening, worsening.
3	-n i ng	abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, awning, ballooning, banning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, boning, branning, brining, Browning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, careening, cartooning, chaining, chaperoning, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, cocooning, coining, combining, complaining, concerning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, dawning, declining, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disdaining, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, entertaining, evening, explaining, fanning, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, frowning, gaining, ginning, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, headlining, honing, Horning, housecleaning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, lightning, lining, loaning, machining, maintaining, Manning, meaning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, mourning, obtaining, opining, ordaining, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, penning, pertaining, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, postponing, preening, preplanning, pruning, quarantining, raining, realigning, reassigning, reclining, redefining, redesigning, redlining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, running, scanning, screening, shining, shunning, signing, sinning, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stoning, straining, streamlining, stunning, sunning, sustaining, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thinning, toning, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unreasoning, Vining, waning, warning, weaning, whining, wining, winning, yawning, yearning, zoning.
3	-n i ng	abandoning, abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, apportioning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n-o-s-u"
	-2 letters: chignons, chousing, hocusing, incusing.
	-3 letters: chignon, chining, coining, congius, consign, coshing, cushion, hoising, housing, inching, niching, noising, nonsuch, noshing, nuncios, ouching, shining.
	-4 letters: chinos, coigns, congii, coning, conins, cosign, coughs, cousin, honing, hosing, icings, incogs, inions, ionics, nosing, nuncio, shogun, uncini, unions, unison.
	-5 letters: chino, chins, chugs, cions, coign, coins, conin, conns, conus, cough.
	Words containing the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n-o-s-u"
	+5 letters: hallucinogenics.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
foam cushioning	19
cushioning supply	13
cushioning	12
cushioning extra grid mesh provides	5
contour cushioning gently layer overall shape	5
cushioning fill loose material packaging protective	3
air bubble by cushioning material roll sold	3
cushioning pneumatic seal	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Cushioning

Definition: Cushioning

Cushioning

Noun

Synonym: Cushioning

Crosswords: Cushioning

Commercial Usage: Cushioning

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cushioning

Usage Frequency: Cushioning

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cushioning

Modern Translation: Cushioning

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Misspellings: Cushioning

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Cushioning"

Anagrams: Cushioning

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