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PILLAR BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pillar box mean? 

PILLAR BOX (noun)
  The noun PILLAR BOX has 1 sense:

1. a red pillar-shaped letter boxplay

  Familiarity information: PILLAR BOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PILLAR BOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A red pillar-shaped letter box

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pillar box" is a kind of...):

letter box; mailbox; postbox (public box for deposit of mail)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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