pillbox

Possessives

concrete: Description: A circular concrete ' pillbox ' with a square brick intake ventilation shaft on the roof.

Converse of object

• build: Later additions to the bridge include a pillbox built for the home defense forces during the Second World War.
• capture: His company captured six pillboxes, 100 of the enemy and 10 machine-guns.
• include: Later additions to the bridge include a pillbox built for the home defense forces during the Second World War.
• overgrow: About 1970, another woman's body was found in an overgrown pillbox near Falmouth.
• survive: Of these, 1,149 are destroyed and 1,005 recorded as ' unknown ' , leaving an approximate figure of 6,000 surviving pillboxes.
• enter: Entering the pillbox he ordered the occupants to surrender.

Adjective modifier

• concrete: Further along the lane, set now deep among trees, was a concrete pillbox, its embrasures facing inwards toward the airfield.
• small: There are also a number of small pillboxes made of sewer pipes around perimeter of the site.
• German: German pillboxes stood ( and still stand ) here and the Northumberland men thought they looked like Tyne Cottages, so hence Tyne Cot.
• several: Protestors against the widening of the A12 near Colchester occupied several pillboxes, even digging tunnels through the concrete floors.
• bullet-proof: Abbotsbury, Dorset - Summer 2004 ) TYPE 26 A quadrilateral, bullet-proof pillbox with walls up to 18 inches thick.
• ubiquitous: The best known and most readily identified type of anti-invasion defense structure is the ubiquitous pillbox.

Modifies a noun

hat: He really does look very cute in his brown page's uniform, complete with pillbox hat - which he hates wearing!

Noun used with modifier

• infantry: The ' thick walled ' Type 24 is the most common infantry pillbox along the Taunton Stop Line.
• factory: On 7th May 2005 during the GLIAS walk starting from Willesden Junction station a factory pillbox was noted in the Hythe Road area.
• defense: To the west of Uphill village, Weston-Super-Mare, lies this ' one-off ' design beach defense pillbox.
• beach: To the west of Uphill village, Weston-Super-Mare, lies this ' one-off ' design beach defense pillbox.