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Noun: pix  piks
  1. Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
    "The priest placed the consecrated hosts in the pix";
    - pyx
     
  2. A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
    "The newly minted coins were stored in the pix chest before testing";
    - pyx, pyx chest, pix chest [archaic]
Noun: pic (pics,pix)  pik
Usage: informal
  1. A static picture taken by a camera, recorded by focussing light onto a light-sensitive surface (usually a sensor in a digital camera, or historically a chemically treated plate or film)
    "he took a quick pic before moving on";
    - photograph, photo, exposure, picture, piccy [informal]
     
  2. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    "they went to a pic every Saturday night";
    - movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, flick [informal]

Sounds like: piste, pd, pix, pyx, pick

Derived forms: pixes

Type of: chest, product, production, receptacle, representation

Encyclopedia: Pix, Mary

Pic, Charles