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pillow definition

pil·low (pil′ō)

noun

  1. a cloth case filled with feathers, down, foam rubber, air, etc., used as a support, as for the head in sleeping
  2. any object used as a headrest
  3. anything like a pillow or cushion, as a pad on which certain laces are made
  4. anything that supports like a pillow

Etymology: ME pylwe < OE pyle, akin to Ger pfühl < WGmc borrowing of L pulvinus, cushion

transitive verb

  1. to rest on or as on a pillow
  2. to be a pillow for

intransitive verb

Rare to rest the head on or as on a pillow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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