PILLOW
\pˈɪlə͡ʊ], \pˈɪləʊ], \p_ˈɪ_l_əʊ]\
Definitions of PILLOW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
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A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
By Oddity Software
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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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A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
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A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
By Noah Webster.
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A case filled with feathers, etc., to support the head of a person lying down; any rest for the head.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Old English, Anglo-Saxon, Latin] A cushion to support the head of a person when reposing;—the block on which the inner end of a bowsprit is supported;—a piece of metal or wood used to support some part of a machine to equalize the pressure; a bearing or journal box;—a kind of plain, coarse fustian.
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