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 pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
The dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
The coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
The pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
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.
A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
An angle bracket when used in HTML.
Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
The pitch.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
The period during which two batsmen bat together.
The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.