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Definition of 'pillow'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • (geology) A pillow lava.
  • (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
  • (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  • A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
  • Derived terms

    (top2) * pillow-biter * pillow block * pillow case * pillow fight * pillowing (mid2) * pillow lace * pillow lava * pillow sham * pillowy (bottom)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To rest as on a pillow.
  • * 1942': She had '''pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
  • Similar to 'pillow'

    pilaw