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pillows
[
pil
-oh
]
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pil·low
/
ˈpɪl
oʊ
/
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[
pil
-oh
]
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noun
1.
a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
2.
anything used to cushion the head; headrest:
a pillow of moss.
3.
Also called
lace pillow.
a hard cushion or pad that supports the pattern and threads in the making of bobbin lace.
4.
a supporting piece or part, as the block on
which
the inner end of a bowsprit rests.
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verb (used with object)
5.
to rest on or as on a pillow.
6.
to support with pillows.
7.
to serve as a pillow for:
She pillowed the child with her body.
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bezoar
. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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verb (used without object)
8.
to rest as on a pillow.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
pilwe,
Old English
pylu
<
Latin
pulvīnus
cushion (whence also
German
Pfühl)
Related forms
pil·low·less,
adjective
pil·low·like,
adjective
un·pil·lowed,
adjective
Can be confused:
pillar
,
pillory
,
pillow
.
Synonyms
1.
See
cushion.
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Word Origin & History
pillow
O.E. pyle, from W.Gmc. *pulwi(n) (cf. M.Du. polu, O.H.G. pfuliwi, Ger. Pfühl), an early borrowing (2c. or 3c.) from L. pulvinus "cushion," of uncertain origin. The verb is first recorded 1629. Slang pillow talk first recorded 1939.
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