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Definition of Pillar box
1. Noun. A red pillar-shaped letter box.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Pillar box
1. Noun. (British) A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar with a slot for posting letters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillar Box
Literary usage of Pillar box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heretics by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1905)
"pillar-box prosaic, because there is no rhyme to it. We think a pillar-box ...
A pillar-box is only called a pillar-box; it is a sanctuary of human words. ..."
2. The New Idealism by May Sinclair (1922)
"The pillar box in Russell Square is ... it is not even the only pillar box, and
my sealing wax has its colour and my studio stove its shape; and again, ..."
3. The New Idealism by May Sinclair (1922)
"The pillar box in Russell Square is not the only public servant in government
employ; it is not even the only pillar box, and my sealing wax has its colour ..."
4. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure by William Hawley Atwell (1916)
"... pillar box, lock box, lock drawer, or other receptacle established or approved
by the Postmaster-General for the safe deposit of matter for the mail or ..."
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