'Pillow' definitions:
Definition of 'pillow'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
verb
Rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest]
Definition of 'Pillow'
From: GCIDE
- Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
- 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [1913 Webster]
- [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian. [1913 Webster]
- Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
- Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block.
- Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
- Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
- Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
- Pillow slip, a pillowcase. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pillow'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pillow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afford support,
- air mattress,
- back,
- back up,
- bear,
- bear up,
- bedding,
- blubber,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- brace,
- breeze,
- buoy up,
- butter,
- buttress,
- carry,
- clay,
- cradle,
- crutch,
- cushion,
- dough,
- down,
- eiderdown,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- fleece,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- foam,
- give support,
- hold,
- hold up,
- innerspring mattress,
- kapok,
- keep afloat,
- keep up,
- lend support,
- litter,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- mat,
- mattress,
- pad,
- pallet,
- plush,
- prop,
- pudding,
- puff,
- putty,
- reinforce,
- rubber,
- rug,
- satin,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- silk,
- sleeping bag,
- springs,
- stay,
- subsidize,
- subvention,
- support,
- sustain,
- swansdown,
- thistledown,
- underbed,
- underbedding,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- velvet,
- wax,
- wool,
- zephyr
Pillow, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Pillow, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
304
Housing Units (2000) :
139
Land area (2000) :
0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
FIPS code :
60264
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.640430 N, 76.803464 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.