pillbox

[ pil-boks ]

/ ˈpɪlˌbɒks /

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noun

a box, usually shallow and often round, for holding pills.

a small, low structure of reinforced concrete, enclosing machine guns, and employed as a minor fortress in warfare.

a small, round, brimless hat with straight sides and a flat top, worn especially by women.

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Origin of pillbox

First recorded in 1720–30; pill¹ + box¹

Words nearby pillbox

pillaret, Pillars of Hercules, Pillars of Islam, pillar to post, pill beetle, pillbox, pill bug, pillhead, pillie, pillion, pilliwinks

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How to use pillbox in a sentence

Nurses in white pillbox hats gently push their patients around in wheelchairs.
The Secret Soviet Power Bunker—in Latvia, a Hiding Place for the Elite|Brandon Presser|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The policeman, now yelling and shaking his fist, started to exit his pillbox and walk toward me.
My Search for the Taliban Five|Josh Rogin|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Life magazine ran a photo of Lamarr with a swarm of reporters, looking beleaguered and delicate in white gloves and a pillbox hat.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|July 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Princess Eugenie's sculptural piece by Philip Treacy, Victoria Beckham's pillbox, and more over-the-top headgear from the wedding!
Hats Off, Will & Kate!|The Daily Beast|April 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST

While wearing one of her own dresses, Victoria Beckham wore a pillbox Philip Treacy hat.
Hats Off: The Major Fashion Accessory|Caroline Linton|April 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Each Fort and each Lib was a bristling pillbox with nose guns, waist guns, belly guns, and ball turret guns.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin|Al Avery
Satisfied that no pillbox stood behind any of them, he pulled open the two drawers and tumbled their contents about.
The Red Seal|Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Most of the men had tiny pillbox caps of woven straw on the backs of their heads.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine
He wore only a breechcloth and the little pillbox hat in which he kept his matches and tobacco.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine
At this interesting crisis Dr. Pillbox (evidently a most attentive practitioner) arrived to pay a second visit.
Loyal to the School|Angela Brazil

British Dictionary definitions for pillbox

pillbox

/ (ˈpɪlˌbɒks) /

noun

a box for pills

a small enclosed fortified emplacement, usually made of reinforced concrete

a small round hat, now worn esp by women

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