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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Trapped air that supports an object a short distance above a surface.
- noun An inflatable cushion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag made of an air-tight fabric used when inflated with air as a cushion for a seat.
- noun Same as
air-bag . - noun A ball or cylinder (usually of india-rubber) filled with air and placed in a water-pipe, to act as a cushion for the water, or to receive the pressure or shock caused by a sudden stoppage of its flow, or by the expansion of the water in freezing.
- noun Same as
air-spring or pneumatic spring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a layer of
trapped air thatsupports ahovercraft - noun a
shock absorber that uses anair chamber - noun a
rubber orplastic inflatable cushion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground
- noun a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated
- noun a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion
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