slip
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1.7
- noun
- /slɪp/
- UK
:
funda de almohada
- "She curved herself close and cozy and fetal, and pulled a small pillow beneath her head, a baby gift whose creweled linen pillow slip hadn't looked crisp since the moment I'd opened it."
- a pillow slip
Examples
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Make sure to change your slip regularly to keep your pillows fresh.
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I almost went inside the room with her, but when I saw Angie's face, looking so small and pale against the starched white pillow slip, I stepped back.
Fiction book (1993) -
At one point, when her mouth was empty, he bent down so he could kiss her as she retrieved a pillow slip from the basket.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a pillow slip.
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With a freshly laundered pillow slip.
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Strapped to the back of the carriage is his trunk: large and crammed with beautiful shirts, linen, and embroidered sheets and pillow slips; a cigar case and silver toilet articles.
Fiction book (1992) -
I found a beautiful pillow inside the slip on my bed.
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She bought a new slip to match her decorative pillows.
Synonyms
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1.0
A removable cloth cover for a pillow that keeps it clean
1
1.7
A cloth cover for a pillow that you can take off to keep it clean
A cloth cover you put on a pillow to keep it clean
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
7
3.7
A small mistake you make while speaking, like saying the wrong name
1
6.3
A short piece of underwear worn under a skirt to help it hang smoothly and stop it showing through
- Specialized
1
6.5
A small hidden sewing loop that catches one or two threads to close cloth neatly
- Specialized
A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing
A disposable or reusable garment to absorb urine and protect clothes and bedding
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a moving train released to stop at a station while the train keeps going
- Specialized
A device that lets a machine part move when too much force would damage the machine
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a train that can detach while the train moves to stop at a station
- Specialized
A device that lets moving parts slide when twisting force is too high to protect machines
- Specialized
A metal ring on a rotating part that keeps an electric connection to a fixed part
- Archaic
A health slogan telling people to wear a shirt, use sunscreen, and wear a hat for sun protection
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
- Archaic
Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
How Protective
2
6.8
- UK
1
1.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
A slip meaning a pillowcase is named because the pillow 'slips' into it like a cover you slide on. So the word fits a cover that you put over a pillow.