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pillar box

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈpillar box noun  letterbox.jpg [countable] British English old-fashionedTCM a large red tube-shaped box for posting letters that stands on streets in Britain 邮筒,信筒 SYN postbox, → letterbox
Examples from the Corpus
pillar boxHow my heart leaped to see a red pillar box once more, on the other side of the compound!Mrs Southworth from the Hall was at the pillar box, posting a letter.
ˈpillar box nounChineseSyllable
Corpus posting red for large a box tube-shaped


pillar box
ˈpillar box noun

[countable] British English old-fashioned a large red tube-shaped box for posting letters that stands on streets in Britain
   SYN  postboxletterbox


pillar boxBrE /ˈpɪlə bɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪlər bɑːks/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE) a tall red metal box in the street, used for putting letters in which are being sent by post 邮筒;信筒   compare letter box, postbox