pillbox

[pil-boks]

noun

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

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

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

pillbox

/ ˈpɪlˌbɒks /

noun

1. a box for pills

2. a small enclosed fortified emplacement, usually made of reinforced concrete

3. a small round hat, now worn esp by women

Word History and Origins

Origin of pillbox¹

First recorded in 1720–30; pill ¹ + box ¹

Example Sentences

The women would often wear these extravagant, floral hats or don a more subtle pillbox style.

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A woman in a pillbox hat held a tray of bubbling drinks.

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Mr Thomas said a series of "extremely stormy seas" over the past two to three weeks "have washed out the pillbox".

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Those battles have featured the use of trenches, pillboxes, homemade armored cars and drones modified to drop small bombs.

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“It wasn’t about ‘tank on tank’ fighting, it was ‘tank on pillbox’ and ‘tank on machine gun,’” General Donahoe said.

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