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What does pillowcase mean?

Word: Pillowcase

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pillowcase means a cloth cover that slips over a pillow to keep it clean.

Synonyms: pillow cover

How do you spell pillowcase?

Syllables: pil - low - case

Tricky part: Pillow has a double l and ends in ow, and the w is easy to drop where pillow meets case. Children write pillocase.

Watch out for: pillocase, pillowcace, pilocase

Memory tip: A pillowcase is a pillow in a case. Write the whole of pillow, w and all, and then the whole of case.

Pillowcase in a sentence

Example 1: Mum put a fresh pillowcase on my pillow.

Example 2: My pillowcase has little stars on it.

Example 3: We wash the pillowcases with the bedsheets on Sunday.

Fun Fact

In many older English books, a pillowcase is called a pillowslip.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) blanket
b) mattress
c) pillowkase
d) bedsheet

Show answer

c) pillowkase. Case begins with a c, as in suitcase.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pillowcasse

a) c
b) l
c) s
d) o

Show answer

c) s. Case has only one s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wolcilpase

a) pillowcsae
b) pillowacse
c) pillowscae
d) pillowcase

Show answer

d) pillowcase. Pull out the letters of pillow first; what is left must spell case, the same as in suitcase.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My new pillowcase has tiny orenge flowers on it.

a) tiny
b) flowers
c) pillowcase
d) orenge

Show answer

d) orenge. Orange has an a after the r: or-ange.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which room would you usually find a pillowcase?

a) a classroom
b) a kitchen
c) a bathroom
d) a bedroom

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d) a bedroom

2. Mum is putting fresh pillowcases on. Which job is she doing?

a) making the beds
b) watering the plants
c) packing the bags
d) laying the table

Show answer

a) making the beds

Associated Words

Words that end in -ase: grease, erase, please, release, phrase, decrease

More words from this list

separate, syrup, worksheet, bottle, cousin, filthy, heart, locker

Next steps

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