pillow
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
Noun 4 meanings
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow.
“She slept with her head on the pillow.”
A pillow lava.
A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
Verb 1 meaning
To rest as on a pillow.
Etymology
From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
PILLOW at a glance
PILLOW has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,476 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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