pillow
A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
Other meanings
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 piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
A kind of
- cushion
Kinds of pillow
- bed pillow
Related words
- pillowful
- pillowside
- quillow
- pillow queen
- body pillow
- dirty pillow
- high pillow
- spicy pillow
- toss pillow
- opium pillow
- maternity pillow
- neck pillow
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "pyle".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pillow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.