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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪləʊ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪloʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛloʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɪləʊ
Noun[edit]
pillow (countable and uncountable, plural pillows)
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- And it is a pillow!
Audio (US) (file)
- And it is a pillow!
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (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.
- The socket of a pivot.
- (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Derived terms[edit]
- body pillow
- dirty pillow
- high pillow
- lace pillow
- pillow bag
- pillow basalt
- pillowbeer
- pillow-biter
- pillow block
- pillowbook
- pillow box
- pillowcase
- pillow fight
- pillow fort
- pillowing
- pillow lace
- pillow lava
- pillowless
- pillowlike
- pillow pouch
- pillow princess
- pillowslip
- pillow talk
- pillowtop
- pillow word
- pillowy
- throw pillow
Descendants[edit]
- → Maori: pera
Translations[edit]
soft cushion used to support the head in bed
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Verb[edit]
pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)
- (transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 73:
- ...but Lucy was too thoroughly exhausted to awaken. There she lay, her head pillowed upon her arm, like a child that had cried itself to rest; while Francesca bent over her,...
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)
- She had pillowed her head on her arm.
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