pillow

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From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (pillow), from Proto-Germanic *pulwin (pillow), from Latin pulvīnus (cushion), of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch peluw (pillow, bolster), German Pfühl (pillow).

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pillow (plural pillows)

  1. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

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pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)

  1. (transitive) 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)
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