PILLOW
Dictionary entry overview: What does pillow mean?
• PILLOW (noun)
The noun PILLOW has 1 sense:
1. a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
Familiarity information: PILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
• PILLOW (verb)
The verb PILLOW has 1 sense:
1. rest on or as if on a pillow
Familiarity information: PILLOW used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PILLOW (noun)
Meaning:
A cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pillow" is a kind of...):
cushion (a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pillow"):
bed pillow (a soft pillow for use on a bed)
bolster; long pillow (a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows)
• PILLOW (verb)
Meaning:
Rest on or as if on a pillow
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pillow; rest
Context example:
pillow your head
Hypernyms (to "pillow" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
