"pillbox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪl bɒks/ [UK], /ˈpɪl bɑːks/ [US] Forms: pillboxes [plural]
Etymology: pill + box Etymology templates: {{affix|en|pill|box}} pill + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillbox (plural pillboxes)
  1. A small box in which pills are kept. Translations (box for pills): դեղահաբերի տուփ (deġahaberi tupʻ) (Armenian), pilleæske [common-gender] (Danish), pilolujo (Esperanto), pillerirasia (Finnish), pilulier [masculine] (French), Pillendose [feminine] (German), Pillenschachtel [feminine] (German), Pillendöschen [neuter] (German), Tablettendose [feminine] (German), pilloliera [feminine] (Italian), cutie de pastile [feminine] (Romanian), pastillero (Spanish), pillerdosa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pillbox-en-noun-g5gwTCgU Disambiguation of 'box for pills': 87 10 3
  2. (military) A flat, concrete gun emplacement. Categories (topical): Military, Containers Translations (gun emplacement): ամրակառույց կրակակետ (amrakaṙuycʻ krakaket) (Armenian), 碉堡 (diāobǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 地堡 (dìbǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), bunkkeri (Finnish), Bunker [masculine] (German), トーチカ (tōchika) (Japanese), 토치카 (tochika) (Korean), cazemată [feminine] (Romanian), ДОТ (english: DOT) [masculine] (Russian), долговре́менная огнева́я то́чка (dolgovrémennaja ognevája tóčka) [feminine] (Russian), ДЗОТ (DZOT) [masculine] (Russian), деревоземляна́я огнева́я то́чка (derevozemljanája ognevája tóčka) [feminine] (Russian), fortín (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pillbox-en-noun-en:military Disambiguation of Containers: 28 57 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 65 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 62 16 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'gun emplacement': 1 98 1
  3. (archaic, slang) A doctor's carriage. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-pillbox-en-noun-Lo3GZmV2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pill-box Derived forms: pillbox antenna, pillbox hat

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolgovrémennaja ognevája tóčka",
      "sense": "gun emplacement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "долговре́менная огнева́я то́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "DZOT",
      "sense": "gun emplacement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ДЗОТ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derevozemljanája ognevája tóčka",
      "sense": "gun emplacement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деревоземляна́я огнева́я то́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gun emplacement",
      "word": "fortín"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pillbox"
  ],
  "word": "pillbox"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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