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Pillowcase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A removable covering for a pillow. Also called pillowslip.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A movable case or covering which is drawn over a pillow.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

Word Usage

"But above all, there was the mystical process of hanging a pillowcase from the ceiling so that it hung over the stove, dangling above a pot as the thick, almost angrily-purple fluid dripped through the filter and into the pot."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bed linen

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pillowslip

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