Meanings
comparative more pillowy · superlative most pillowy
- Resembling a pillow: soft and fluffy
The garnet-coloured brew has a pillowy, pink-tinged head, and a beautiful raspberry aroma, which also comes through in the flavour.
2009 February 11, Josh Rubin, “Pour your Valentine a special cold one”, in Toronto Star2 more examples
Delectable soft, pillowy rolls, filled with a sweet nutty mixture or fruit, these are like tea cakes and are great for breakfast or tea.
2012, Si King, Dave Myers, The Hairy Bikers' Big Book of BakingAnna Nicole Smith, the pillowy Playboy and Guess jeans model, marries eighty-nine-year-old J. Howard Marshall II, an oil baron six decades her senior, who is worth half a billion dollars.
2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties
Origin
Translations
German weich, fluffig
- weichsoft and fluffy
- fluffigsoft and fluffy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pillowy
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