Definitions for pillowcases

pillowcases pil·low·case

Spelling: [pil-oh-keys]
IPA: /ˈpɪl oʊˌkeɪs/

Pillowcases is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 872 anagrams from letters in pillowcases (aceillopssw).

Definitions for pillowcases

noun

  1. a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
  2. a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.

Origin of pillowcases

First recorded in 1715-25; pillow + case1

Examples for pillowcases

When Sylvia reappeared that noon she carried a pillowcase, which she held before her by its corners with care.

The pillowcase flapped aloud, ever more sternly, warningly, portentously.

Only once did he stray far enough to buy his mother a pillowcase with “Winnipeg” on it.

The bricks were concealed beneath her bed, and the loose rubbish put into the pillowcase.

If the insertion is used for anything but a pillowcase, omit the lower border on which the button-holes are made.

"If I had known this, we might have brought along a pillowcase for the nuts," said Fred.

A neighbor's goat had taken advantage of his absence to chew up a pillowcase and two aprons.

Make the pillowcase a quarter of an inch wider and about an inch and a quarter longer than the pillow.

Out of a pillowcase folded hard he made a gag and tied it into the mouth of the man.

The common tradition is a sheet a week for each bed, and a pillowcase a week for each pillow regularly used.

The bricks were concealed beneath her bed, and the loose rubbish put into the pillowcase.

A neighbor's goat had taken advantage of his absence to chew up a pillowcase and two aprons.

"If I had known this, we might have brought along a pillowcase for the nuts," said Fred.

The pillowcase flapped aloud, ever more sternly, warningly, portentously.

When Sylvia reappeared that noon she carried a pillowcase, which she held before her by its corners with care.

The common tradition is a sheet a week for each bed, and a pillowcase a week for each pillow regularly used.

Out of a pillowcase folded hard he made a gag and tied it into the mouth of the man.

If the insertion is used for anything but a pillowcase, omit the lower border on which the button-holes are made.

Only once did he stray far enough to buy his mother a pillowcase with “Winnipeg” on it.

Make the pillowcase a quarter of an inch wider and about an inch and a quarter longer than the pillow.

Word Value for pillowcases
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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