Pillow Definition
pĭlō
pillows
noun
pillows
A cloth case filled with feathers, down, foam rubber, air, etc., used as a support, as for the head in sleeping.
Webster's New World
A decorative cushion.
American Heritage
Any object used as a headrest.
Webster's New World
Anything like a pillow or cushion, as a pad on which certain laces are made.
Webster's New World
Anything that supports like a pillow.
Webster's New World
verb
pillows
To rest the head on or as on a pillow.
Webster's New World
To be a pillow for.
Webster's New World
To rest on or as on a pillow.
Webster's New World
To assume the shape of a pillow.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Pillow
Noun
Singular:
pillow
Plural:
pillowsOrigin of Pillow
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From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow"), from Proto-Germanic *pulwį̄ (“pillow"), from Latin pulvÄ«nus (“cushion"), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch peluw (“pillow, bolster"), German Pfühl (“pillow").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English pyle, pylu, pylw- from West Germanic pulwī from Latin pulvīnus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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