Meaning

3 senses
  1. A small box in which pills are kept.

    Pillendose, Pillenschachtel, Pillendöschen

    a small case for holding pills

  2. A flat, concrete gun emplacement.

    Bunker

    ДОТ, долговре́менная огнева́я то́чкаdolgovrémennaja ognevája tóčka, ДЗОТDZOT

    a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)

  3. (archaic, slang)A doctor's carriage.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
gun emplacement:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
box for pills:
gun emplacement:

Origin

From pill + box.

From pill + box.

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Forms

plural: pillboxes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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