Synonyms of the word pillowcase


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pillowcase

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

case

  • n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  • n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
  • n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  • n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
  • n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
  • n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
  • v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
  • n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  • n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  • n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  • n. An enclosing frame or casing.
  • n. A suitcase.
  • n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
  • n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  • n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
  • n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
  • n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  • n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
  • n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
  • n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  • adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
  • v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

slip

  • n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
  • n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  • n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  • n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  • n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  • n. A long, thin piece of something.
  • n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
  • n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
  • v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  • v. (intransitive) To err.
  • v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  • v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
  • v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  • v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
  • v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
  • v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  • v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
  • v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  • n. An act or instance of slipping.
  • n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
  • n. A slipdress.
  • n. A mistake or error.
  • n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  • n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
  • n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  • n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
  • n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
  • n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
  • n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  • n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
  • n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
  • n. An outside covering or case.
  • n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  • n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  • n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
  • n. A particular quantity of yarn.
  • n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
  • n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  • n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  • n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
  • n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
  • n. A fish, the sole.

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