Collocations for "pillow"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pillow" in context.
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pillow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- lay your head down on the pillow
- her head was lying on the pillow
- a [foam, feather, down] pillow
- a [firm, soft] pillow
- a [body, neck, travel, throw] pillow
- let me fluff your pillow
- hit him with a pillow
- threw a pillow at him
- [pounded, fluffed up] his pillow
- sleeps [with, without] a pillow
- sleeps with a pillow between her legs
- sleeps with an orthopedic pillow
- [cried, sobbed] into her pillow
- the pillow case
- have a pillow fight
- love our pillow talk
- [grass, straw] pillowing his head
- pillowed her head on [her arm, his shoulder, her father's chest, the sofa]
- pillowing her head with her [arm, arms]
- [his head] was pillowed on [her arm]
- have a pillow fight
- love our pillow talk
'pillow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):