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Meaning of pillar box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters.

Ireland, UK

Examples

“We were over the border here, into Northern Ireland, and the post office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green one.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

pillar candle pillar dollar pillar drill pillar harp pillar of fire pillar of flame