Pillow

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  • noun. A cloth case stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
  • noun. A decorative cushion.
  • noun. The pad on which bobbin lace is made.
  • intransitive verb. To rest (one's head) on or as if on a pillow.
  • intransitive verb. To serve as a pillow for.
  • intransitive verb. To rest on or as if on a pillow.
  • intransitive verb. To assume the shape of a pillow.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rest or place on or as on a pillow for support.
  • To rest the head on or as on a pillow.
  • noun. A head-rest used by a person reclining; specifically, a soft elastic cushion filled with down, feathers, curled hair, or other yielding material, used to support the head during repose.
  • noun. A block or support resembling such a cushion in form or use.
  • noun. A kind of plain fustian.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support.
  • noun. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
  • noun. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
  • noun. A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  • noun. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
  • noun. a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
  • noun. a pillowcase; pillow slip.
  • noun. a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block.
  • noun. handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
  • noun. a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
  • noun. an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
  • noun. a pillowcase.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • noun. A pillow lava.
  • verb. To rest as on a pillow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
  • verb. rest on or as if on a pillow
  • Word Usage
    "I've never heard the term pillow slip before, but I like the way it sounds -- like lingerie for the bed."
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    bed  blanket  cloth  clothe  couch  
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