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English

Etymology

Old English pyle#Old English|pyle, pylw-, from West Germanic *pulwi-, borrowed from clasical Latin pulvinus|pulvīnus ‘cushion’. Cognate with Dutch peluw, German Pfühl.

Pronunciation


Noun

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


Derived terms


Translations

  • Bosnian: jastuk , poduška (archaic)
  • Chinese: 枕頭, 枕头 (zhěntóu)
  • Croatian: jastuk , poduška (archaic)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|polštář|m}}
  • Danish: {{t+|da|pude|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|kussen|n}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|kuseno|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|oreiller|m}}
  • German: Kopfkissen , Kissen ; Ruhekissen
  • Greek: {{t|el|μαξιλάρι|n|sc=Grek}} (maxilári)
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|koddi|m}}
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|bantal|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Interlingua: cossino
  • Italian: {{t+|it|guanciale|m}}

Verb

  1. To rest as on a pillow.
  2. *1942: She had pillowed her head on her arm — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)


Category:Bedding

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pillow \Pil"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pillowing.]
To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to
pillow the head.
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Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
1. 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.
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[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
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2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
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3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
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4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.

Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase],
a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Pillow block (Mach.), 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.

Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
pillow.

Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
raise or lower the beam.

Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
not in use.

Pillow slip, a pillowcase.
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WordNet pillow
n : a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
v : rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: rest]
Moby Dictionary
afford support , air mattress , back , back up , bear , bear up ,
bedding , blubber , bolster , bolster up , brace , breeze , buoy up ,
butter , buttress , carry , clay , cradle , crutch , cushion , dough ,
down , eiderdown , feather bed , feathers , fleece , floss , flue , fluff ,
foam , give support , hold , hold up , innerspring mattress , kapok ,
keep afloat , keep up , lend support , litter , mainstay , maintain ,
mat , mattress , pad , pallet , plush , prop , pudding , puff , putty ,
reinforce , rubber , rug , satin , shore , shore up , shoulder , silk ,
sleeping bag , springs , stay , subsidize , subvention , support ,
sustain , swansdown , thistledown , underbed , underbedding ,
underbrace , undergird , underlie , underpin , underset , upbear ,
uphold , upkeep , velvet , wax , wool , zephyr


Pillow, PA (borough, FIPS 60264) Location: 40.64119 N, 76.80243 W Population (1990): 341 (137 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Moby Dictionary 304
Housing Units (2000): 139
Land area (2000): 0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60264
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA) , FIPS 42
Location: 40.640430 N , 76.803464 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pillow , PA
Pillow
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