- pillar box
-
Brit.a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox. Also called pillar post.[1855-60]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
pillar box
Look at other dictionaries:
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 — 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 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 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
pillar box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pillar box : singular pillar box plural pillar boxes British old fashioned a large red container in the street for posting letters in … English dictionary
pillar-box — see pillar box … English dictionary
pillar-box red — n [U] BrE a very bright red colour >pillar box red adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pillar box (film) — The pillar box effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image.It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is shown on a widescreen… … Wikipedia
Pillar Box War — The Pillar Box WarFact|date=May 2008 refers to a number ofFact|date=May 2008 politically motivated acts of vandalism against post boxes in Scotland during the early 1950s in a dispute over the correct title of the new British monarch, Queen… … Wikipedia
