pill

/pɪl/ noun

Definition

› [C] a small, hard piece of medicine that you swallow: a vitamin pill I've taken a couple of pills, but my headache still hasn't gone.

the pill › a pill which prevents a woman from becoming pregnant → See also sleeping pill

(Definition of pill noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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