PILLBOX

pillbox

(noun) a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)

pillbox

(noun) a small case for holding pills

pillbox, toque, turban

(noun) a small round woman’s hat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pillbox (plural pillboxes)

A small box in which pills are kept.

A flat, concrete gun emplacement.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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