pillow

Plural: pillows

Noun

• a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
• 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. Example: 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.
• A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
• The socket of a pivot.
• A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Verb

Verb Forms: pillowed, pillowing, pillows

• To rest one's head or body on a pillow or soft surface.
• rest on or as if on a pillow
  • "pillow your head"
• To rest as on a pillow.

Examples

• I tried to pillow my ’Q’ next to a ’U’, but there was no room for comfort on the board.

Synonyms

rest

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