How do you use Pillbox in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like toque or turban, plus the exact meaning.
Pillbox meaning
- A small box in which pills are kept.
- A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
- A doctor's carriage.
Using Pillbox
- The main meaning on this page is: A small box in which pills are kept. | A flat, concrete gun emplacement. | A doctor's carriage.
- Useful related words include: toque, turban, millinery, woman's hat.
- In the example corpus, pillbox often appears in combinations such as: pillbox hat, pillbox on, the pillbox.
Context around Pillbox
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pillbox
- In this selection, "pillbox" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mobile, iconic, old and hat stand out and add context to how "pillbox" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a leather pillbox hat by and an old pillbox in jerusalem. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pillbox" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pillbox
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A leather pillbox hat by Cristóbal Balenciaga, about 1962. (9 words)
British soldiers depicted in a mural on an old pillbox in Jerusalem. (12 words)
Anywhere there’s an exposed coastline, there will have been a pillbox there. (13 words)
Choosing another military-inspired design, the mum of three wore a midi length coat by appropriately named British designer Laura Green, with matching suede heels by Emmy London and a Lock & Co pillbox hat. (34 words)
The expected American naval and air bombardment further prompted the creation of an extensive system of tunnels that connected the prepared positions, so that a pillbox that had been cleared could be reoccupied. (33 words)
Skipping the iconic pillbox hat, Meghan’s ensemble mirrored Jackie's look when she visited the JFK memorial in 1965, from the wavy blowdry to the contrasting Prada black bag she carried. (32 words)
Example sentences (11)
At the Seoul press conference, Robbie wore an acid bright Moschino suit from the brand’s spring/summer 2015 collection complete with a super-kitsch, heart-shaped bag and pillbox hat.
Choosing another military-inspired design, the mum of three wore a midi length coat by appropriately named British designer Laura Green, with matching suede heels by Emmy London and a Lock & Co pillbox hat.
That’s what you’d expect if the tank were functioning as a sort of semi-mobile pillbox or artillery emplacement, perhaps without a driver aboard.
The design aesthetic of this pillbox is a step above your average pill case, but not as flashy or pattern-driven as some of the others on this list.
Anywhere there’s an exposed coastline, there will have been a pillbox there.
Skipping the iconic pillbox hat, Meghan’s ensemble mirrored Jackie's look when she visited the JFK memorial in 1965, from the wavy blowdry to the contrasting Prada black bag she carried.
If the soldiers in the pillbox still refused to give up, the structure would be doused in fire.
British soldiers depicted in a mural on an old pillbox in Jerusalem.
Zaitsev remembered, “Between the tank and the pillbox, on a stretch of level ground, lay a sheet of metal and a small pile of broken bricks.
A leather pillbox hat by Cristóbal Balenciaga, about 1962.
The expected American naval and air bombardment further prompted the creation of an extensive system of tunnels that connected the prepared positions, so that a pillbox that had been cleared could be reoccupied.
Common combinations with pillbox
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pillbox hat 4×
- pillbox on 2×
- the pillbox 2×