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# pincushion

«pincushion» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, firm, stuffed pad into which you stick pins and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pincushion, pincushions)

### meaning for a pupil

A pincushion is a small, firm, stuffed pad into which you stick pins and needles to keep them safe when sewing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, crafts and design-and-technology lessons pupils use a pincushion when sewing so that sharp pins are not left lying about. Some are shaped like tomatoes or worn on the wrist. In stories «like a pincushion» describes something full of sharp things, such as a hedgehog or someone with many injections. Phrases: «tomato pincushion», «wrist pincushion».

### examples

- Put the pins back in the pincushion when you finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x1)
- Grandma's pincushion looks like a red tomato. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x2)
- We made a pincushion in sewing club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x3)
- Never leave pins on the table; use the pincushion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x4)
- The cactus looked like a green pincushion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x5)
- The dressmaker wore a pincushion on her wrist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x6)
- After all those injections my arm felt like a pincushion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x7)
- Count the pins back into the pincushion so none are lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x8)
- The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a pincushion». It is a compound of «pin» and «cushion», written as one word. Safety: keep pins in the pincushion to avoid pricked fingers and pins on the floor.

### In the corpora

- [A needle or pin found on the floor should be put in a pincushion or given to a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/6/)
- [Knitting and sewing needles are kept in a pincushion and counted back, so none are left to prick people or pets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pincushion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pincushion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.