crash pad
noun
1
: protective padding (as on the inside of an automobile or a tank)
2
: a place to stay temporarily
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Featuring a soft, lightweight foam construction, these shoes are built with a rear crash pad that’ll keep you balanced mid-stride.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
The client, a Pennsylvania resident, was looking for a pied-à-terre in Manhattan to serve as both a crash pad for business trips and an experiment in city living.
—Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
But even as the number of luxury crash pads in airports grows, the number of visitors welcomed there is shrinking—and that’s by design.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2024
The hunt for authenticity had its absurd side: according to Andre, when the members of his band tidied up their crash pad, the MTV crew spilled some Cheerios back on the floor, to maintain proper grittiness.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
The client, a Pennsylvania resident, was looking for a pied-à-terre in Manhattan to serve as both a crash pad for business trips and an experiment in city living.
—Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
But even as the number of luxury crash pads in airports grows, the number of visitors welcomed there is shrinking—and that’s by design.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2024
The hunt for authenticity had its absurd side: according to Andre, when the members of his band tidied up their crash pad, the MTV crew spilled some Cheerios back on the floor, to maintain proper grittiness.
—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
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“Crash pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash%20pad. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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