pillow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A soft cushion that you rest your head on in bed.

   I bought a new, fluffy pillow for a better night's sleep.

2. 2
   verb

   To rest your head on something soft, as if on a pillow.

   She pillowed her head on his shoulder and fell asleep.

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”).

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