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    pillow
    I
    pil‧low1 /ˈpɪləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun [countable]
     Language: Old English
     Origin: pyle, from Latin pulvinus
    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. ⇨ cushion1(1)
    2. pillow fight a game in which children hit each other with pillows
    3. pillow talk informal conversation between lovers in bed

    II
    pillow2 verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] literary
    to rest your head somewhere:
        His head was pillowed on his arm.