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How to pronounce “pincushion”
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Pronunciation guide for pincushion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pincushion with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs 22 minutes
Because people used to sew and they needed a pincushion.
- Definition summary
- (sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
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How to pronounce pincushion
Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs 22 minutes
Because people used to sew and they needed a pincushion.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pincushion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
- The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
- (figuratively, colloquial) A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
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