WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pil′lar box′, [Brit.]
  1. British Termsa pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers;
    mailbox. Also called pil′lar post′. 
  • 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pillar box
  1. (in Britain) a red pillar-shaped public letter box situated on a pavement
'pillar box' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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