n.

1. A thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.
2. A dense clump of grass.

[Middle English hassok, clump of grass, from Old English hassuc.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: thick cushion used as a seat
  Synonyms: ottoman, pouf, pouffe

Meaning #2: a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - græstue, bedeskammel, knælepude

Nederlands (Dutch)
kniel-/zit-/ voetkussen, graspol, zacht zandsteen

Français (French)
n. - coussin, (US) pouf

Deutsch (German)
n. - Betkissen, Grasbüschel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μαξιλάρι γονυκλισίας (ιδιαίτ. στη Δ. Εκκλησία), θύσανος, τούφα

Italiano (Italian)
cuscino per inginocchiatoio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - genuflexório (m)

Русский (Russian)
подушечка для сидения

Español (Spanish)
n. - cojín

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - knäkudde, grästuva

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
当座凳用的厚垫, 草丛, 跪垫

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 當座凳用的厚墊, 草叢, 跪墊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무릎방석, 갈대 숲

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クッション, 膝布団, 草むら

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حزمه عشب, وسادة يركع عليها في الصلاة, مسند للقدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כרית (לכריעה), מחצלת‬

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