pillow

Meanings

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

rest on or as if on a pillow
- "pillow your head"
To rest as on a pillow.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“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.

Synonyms

rest

Scrabble Score: 11

pillow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pillow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pillow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pillow is a valid Words With Friends word