- pillbox
- A small, low fortification that houses machine guns, antitank weapons, etc. A pillbox is usually made of concrete, steel, or filled sandbags.
Military dictionary. 2000.
pillbox
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Pillbox — 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 … Wikipedia
pillbox — (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 … Etymology dictionary
pillbox — ► 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 … English terms dictionary
pillbox — [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 … English World dictionary
Pillbox — 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 … Deutsch Wikipedia
pillbox — [[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… … English dictionary
pillbox — n. to storm; take a pillbox * * * [ pɪlbɒks] take a pillbox to storm … Combinatory dictionary
pillbox — 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… … English dictionary
pillbox — 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
pillbox — noun (C) 1 a small round box for holding pills (pill (1)) 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
