Word Study
pillbox
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pillbox has 3 senses
- pillbox(n = noun.artifact) toque, turban - a small round woman's hat; Array is a kind of millinery, woman's hat
- pillbox(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small case for holding pills; Array is a kind of case
- pillbox(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete); Array is a kind of gun emplacement, weapons emplacement
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pillbox, n.
1 a small shallow cylindrical box for holding pills.
2 a hat of a similar shape.
3 Mil. a small partly underground enclosed concrete fort used as an outpost.
1 a small shallow cylindrical box for holding pills.
2 a hat of a similar shape.
3 Mil. a small partly underground enclosed concrete fort used as an outpost.
THESAURUS
pillbox
acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, post, rath, safehold, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward
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