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Language: Old English
Origin: pyle, from Latin pulvinus

pillow

1 noun
     
pil‧low1 S3 [countable]
1 a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put your head on when you are sleeping:
I'll be asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.
2

pillow fight

DGO a game in which children hit each other with pillows
3

pillow talk

informal conversation between lovers in bed
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