pillow
noun/ˈpɪləʊ/
/ˈpɪləʊ/
- a square or rectangular piece of cloth filled with soft material, used to rest your head on in bed
- She lay back against the pillows.
- pillow talk (= conversations in bed between lovers)
- He lay back on the grass using his backpack as a pillow.
- The nurse plumped up the pillows.
- a pillow fight (= a game in which people hit each other with pillows)
- She buried her head in the pillow and wept.
- She plumped up the pillows for her daughter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- down
- feather
- satin
- …
- fluff
- fluff up
- plump
- …
- case
- slip
- fight
- …
- (North American English) (also cushion British and North American English)a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable
Word OriginOld English pyle, pylu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peluw and German Pfühl, based on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.
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