pillbox
1Pillbox — can refer to:* A small box in which pills are kept * Pillbox hat * Military term for a type of bunker * For military pillboxes in the UK, see: British hardened field defences of World War II * The Pillbox affair, a 1939 British political/military …
2pillbox — (n.) also pill box, box for holding pills, 1730, from PILL (Cf. pill) (n.) + BOX (Cf. box) (n.). As a small round concrete machine gun nest, it came into use in World War I. As a type of hat, attested from 1958 …
3pillbox — ► NOUN 1) a small box for holding pills. 2) a hat of a similar shape. 3) a small, partly underground, concrete fort used as an outpost …
4pillbox — [pil′bäks΄] n. 1. a small, shallow box, often cylindrical, for holding pills 2. a low, enclosed gun emplacement of concrete and steel 3. a woman s cylindrical hat with a low, flat crown …
5Pillbox — Eine Pillbox ist ein ebenerdiger Bunker, der insbesondere in Großbritannien in Erwartung einer deutschen Invasion im Rahmen des Zweiten Weltkrieges errichtet wurde. Pillbox (Typ 22) an der Norfolk Küste …
6pillbox — [[t]pɪ̱lbɒks[/t]] pillboxes also pill box 1) N COUNT A pillbox is a small tin or box in which you can keep pills. 2) N COUNT A pillbox is a small building made of concrete and is used to defend a place. 3) N COUNT A pillbox or a pillbox hat is a… …
7pillbox — n. to storm; take a pillbox * * * [ pɪlbɒks] take a pillbox to storm …
8pillbox — UK [ˈpɪlˌbɒks] / US [ˈpɪlˌbɑks] noun [countable] Word forms pillbox : singular pillbox plural pillboxes 1) a small container in which to keep pills 2) a round shelter from which soldiers fire large guns 3) a woman s small round hat with a flat… …
9pillbox — A small, low fortification that houses machine guns, antitank weapons, etc. A pillbox is usually made of concrete, steel, or filled sandbags …
10pillbox — pill|box [ˈpılbɔks US ba:ks] n 1.) a small round box for holding ↑pills 2.) a small, strong, usually circular shelter with a gun inside it, built as a defence 3.) also .pillbox hat a small round hat for a woman …
