pillow

noun

/ˈpɪləʊ/

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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.
see also throw pillow
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- down
- feather
- satin
- …
verb + pillow
- fluff
- fluff up
- plump
- …
pillow + noun
- case
- slip
- fight
- …
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(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’.

verb

/ˈpɪləʊ/

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Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they pillow	/ˈpɪləʊ/ /ˈpɪləʊ/
he / she / it pillows	/ˈpɪləʊz/ /ˈpɪləʊz/
past simple pillowed	/ˈpɪləʊd/ /ˈpɪləʊd/
past participle pillowed	/ˈpɪləʊd/ /ˈpɪləʊd/
-ing form pillowing	/ˈpɪləʊɪŋ/ /ˈpɪləʊɪŋ/

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pillow something (+ adv./prep.) to rest something, especially your head, on an object
- She lay on the grass, her head pillowed on her arms.
Word OriginOld English pyle, pylu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peluw and German Pfühl, based on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.