pillboxes

Small military fortifications

Pillboxes are small containers for carrying pills, typically divided into compartments for organizing daily doses.

The word also names small, squat military fortifications with thick concrete walls and narrow slits for firing weapons—their shape resembles the containers.

A pillbox hat is a small, flat-topped cylindrical hat without a brim, fashionable in the mid-twentieth century: Jackie Kennedy's iconic pillbox hat.

military

bunker

Reinforced subterranean stronghold

machine gun · defense · turret · blockhouse · casemate · World War II · Normandy · Atlantic Wall · gunport · artillery

hats

cloche

Fitted dome-shaped hat

vintage · 1960s · formal · cocktail · fascinator · wedding · headpiece · veiled · felt · satin

medication

organizer

Arrangement tool or person

daily · dosage · reminder · container · prescription · pharmacy · elderly · compliance · portable · travel

Categories
Opposites
military fortification type

pillboxesopen ground

trenches · foxholes · dugouts · earthworks · field fortifications

military posture

pillboxescavalry charges

Horse-borne military advances

armored columns · mobile warfare

container size and purpose

pillboxesmedicine cabinets

Wall-mounted bathroom storage

warehouse storage · storage bins · crates · chests

Phrases
Family

pillbox, pillbox hat

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G