pillows

Noun

pillow (countable and uncountable, plural pillows)

1. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
   • The appearance of the entire tomb is as if the warrior had seen the vision of Christ in his dying moments, and had fallen back peacefully upon his pillow, with his eyes still turned to it, and his hands clasped in prayer.1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § LVII, page 74
2. 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.
3. A pillow lava.
4. A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
5. A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
6. The socket of a pivot.

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