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pill

About 2.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. noun Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
  3. noun Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
    Jane went on the pill when she left for college.
  4. noun Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
  5. noun A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  6. noun A comical or entertaining person.
  7. noun A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
  8. noun A baseball.

Similar words

tablet lozenge anovulatory drug birth control pill contraceptive pill oral contraceptive oral contraceptive pill drug medication medicine

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Word family

Pill pilled pilling pills the pill

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