pillbox
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- noun
- /ˈpɪlˌbɑks/
- Specialized
:
búnker
- During the inspection, we examined the pillbox that had been used during the war.
- a concrete pillbox
- a small pillbox
He continued the advance on the pillbox, destroyed it, received the Medal of Honor, spent years recuperating in a hospital after the war.
- He continued the advance on the pillbox, destroyed it, received the Medal of Honor, spent years recuperating in a hospital after the war.
Examples
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He continued the advance on the pillbox, destroyed it, received the Medal of Honor, spent years recuperating in a hospital after the war.
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Five identical pillbox structures are arranged in a circle like some alien Stonehenge.
Fiction book (1990) -
All the pillbox units on the beach have been destroyed.
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"After a while, we found an old Japanese underground hole, bigger than a pillbox," he said.
Blog text (28) -
It hit about 27 yards in front of Sergeant Higgins' pillbox.
Fiction book (1990) -
Pillbox at 2 o'clock.
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"Those weren't bombs," Tom Dabbs shouted down the line from his pillbox.
Fiction book (1990) -
The soldiers took cover inside the pillbox as the enemy fire rained down outside.
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A historic pillbox remains intact on the hillside, overlooking the battlefield from decades ago.
Antonyms
How Fortified
Surface Forms
Etymology
The military pillbox was named by comparison to a medicine pill box because the small, round concrete shelter 'looks like' a little box; that's why today a pillbox can mean a small fortified 'box' with openings for guns.