pillow slip
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- noun
- /ˈpɪloʊ slɪp/
- UK
:
funda de almohada
- 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.
- embroidered pillow slips
Examples
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"Oh, aren't they pretty?" Eddie commented as she pulled out two embroidered pillow slips.
Fiction book (1996) -
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) -
With a freshly laundered pillow slip.
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Two pairs of pillow slips, still warm to the touch, were stacked on the table.
Fiction book (1992) -
"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."
Fiction book (1998) -
The hotel provides fresh pillow slips for each guest to ensure a comfortable night's sleep.
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She chose soft, cotton pillow slips that matched her new bedding set.
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After washing the pillow slips, they smelled wonderfully clean and inviting.
Synonyms
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A removable cloth cover for a pillow that keeps it clean
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A cover for a pillow
A cloth cover you put on a pillow to keep it clean
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pillow' (soft pad used under the head) with 'slip' (a cloth cover), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a removable cover for a pillow. This noun+noun compound pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'funda de almohada') and follows straightforward compositional rules, making it accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Pillow slip comes from a simple image: a light cloth called the slip that 'slips' over a pillow to cover it. Because it 'slips' on and off, the term came to mean 'a cloth cover for a pillow that you can take off'.