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• Box — describes a variety of containers and receptacles. When no specific shape is described, a typical rectangular box may be expected. Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed… …   Wikipedia

• pillar box — noun a red pillar shaped letter box • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑postbox, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• box — n. 1) a call (BE), telephone (BE) box 2) a letter (BE) box, mailbox (AE), pillar (BE) box 3) a signal box (BE; AE has signal tower) 4) (ice hockey) a penalty box 5) a witness box (BE; AE has witness stand) 6) a music (AE), musical (BE) box 7) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pillar box — pillar boxes also pillar box N COUNT In Britain, a pillar box is a tall red box in the street in which you put letters that you are sending by post. [BRIT] (in AM, use mailbox) …   English dictionary

• pillar-box red — n [U] BrE a very bright red colour >pillar box red adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pillar box — n. Brit. a pillar shaped mailbox …   English World dictionary

• pillar box — n BrE old fashioned a large red tube shaped box for posting letters that stands on streets in Britain = ↑postbox →↑letterbox …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pillar box — ► NOUN ▪ (in the UK) a large red cylindrical public postbox …   English terms dictionary

• pillar post — pillar post, British. pillar box …   Useful english dictionary

• Pillar box — A pillar box is a free standing post box, in the United Kingdom, where mail is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. Similar designs exist as historical artefacts in certain Commonwealth of Nations countries …   Wikipedia

• Pillar (car) — Typical pillar configurations of a sedan (three box), station wagon (two box) and hatchback (two box) from the same model range …   Wikipedia