pillow block

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   a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing

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Questions about pillow block

What does pillow block mean?

pillow block means "a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing".

Is pillow block a common word?

pillow block is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.