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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small box for pills.
  2. n. A woman's small hat with upright sides and a flat crown.
  3. n. A low-roofed concrete emplacement for a machine gun or antitank gun.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small box in which pills are kept.
  2. n. A flat, concrete gun emplacement.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small round woman's hat
  2. n. a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)
  3. n. a small case for holding pills

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  • bilby "'Certainly this season we see a trend towards refined dressing so the pillbox and cocktail-style hats are very relevant,' Judy Coomber, Myer's director of apparel, says. 'The pillbox hat was a huge trend in the 1960s and this season there are many interpretations from sweet, refined, petite shapes to more exaggerated, grander styles.'"
    - Tim Elliot, Spring and racing carnival hats are in the air, theage.com.au, 21 August 2009. Aug 21, 2009

  • coldspire The brother-in-law of a chum believes that a cold, fever or other temporary ailment can be relieved overnight simply by imbibing exactly six beers just before going to bed.

    While the fellow's hypothesis awaits clinical trials, I've begun using pillbox as slang for a six-pack of beer. Mar 13, 2008

  • stpeter As in a leopard-skin pillbox hat, perchance? Jan 10, 2007

‘pillbox’ has been looked up 919 times, added to 10 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 18.