| Pillow 1. (n.) 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. 2. (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. 3. (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. 4. (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian. 5. (v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head. Thesaurus Entries 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 |