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pill
  1. A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
  3. (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
  4. (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. (informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. (archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.
  7. (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
  8. (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “Many have swallowed the bitter pill and tried again, often with salutiferous effects.”
      “He was such a pill at the party, constantly making rude comments and insulting everyone.”
pillbox
  1. A small box in which pills are kept.
  2. A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “My grandmother keeps her daily medication neatly organized in a beautiful antique pillbox.”
      “The soldiers took refuge in the pillbox, a fortified structure armed with heavy artillery, providing them protection and a strategic vantage point for enemy surveillance.”
      “The special category winner was Annie May Cullanlou for her hand painted pillbox.”
pillhead
  1. (slang) A person who habitually takes tranquilizers, amphetamines, barbiturates, and other drugs, in pill or capsule form.
pilling
  1. Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.
pill
  1. (now Britain regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many have swallowed the bitter pill and tried again, often with salutiferous effects.”
      “He was such a pill at the party, constantly making rude comments and insulting everyone.”
pilliness
  1. The state or condition of being pilly.
pill
  1. (obsolete) The peel or skin.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many have swallowed the bitter pill and tried again, often with salutiferous effects.”
      “He was such a pill at the party, constantly making rude comments and insulting everyone.”
pilly
  1. (Scotland) pillow
pillheads
  1. plural of pillhead
pillings
  1. plural of pilling
pillboxes
  1. plural of pillbox
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Though Oleg Cassini is generally credited with designing Jackie Kennedy's First Lady pillboxes.”
      “A better coastal trip is the southern route along to Agrigento, dotted with the pillboxes left behind after the war.”
      “He quickly made a mental list of the empty pillboxes he found on the floor.”
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