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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Housekeeping

Pillowcase

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, pillowcase means: A removable cloth cover for a pillow, used to keep it clean and comfortable for sleeping.

In Turkish: yastık kılıfı

How it is used

Used in housekeeping, laundry, and guest requests. Common with change, stain, replace, fresh, and extra.

Example sentences

  1. Housekeeping replaced the pillowcase immediately after the guest reported a makeup stain on the bed linen.

    Here, pillowcase names one specific linen item that staff can change without replacing the entire bedding set.

  2. The supervisor asked the room attendant to bring two hypoallergenic pillowcases for the guest in 814.

    In this sentence, the term identifies a standard housekeeping item selected to match a guest's comfort or health-related need.

Common collocations

  • clean pillowcase
  • change the pillowcase
  • extra pillowcase
  • housekeepingThe hotel department that cleans and prepares guest rooms and public areas and looks after towels, sheets and room supplies.
  • linenIn a hotel, all the cloth items used in rooms and restaurants, such as sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, towels and tablecloths.

More terms: Housekeeping

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