- telephone box
- noun Date: 1904 British a public telephone booth
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
telephone box
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telephone box — telephone boxes N COUNT A telephone box is a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone. [BRIT] Syn: phone box, call box (in AM, use phone booth) … English dictionary
telephone box — telephone .box BrE telephone booth AmE n a very small building in a street where there is a telephone that the public can use … Dictionary of contemporary English
telephone box — telephone ,box noun count BRITISH a PHONE BOOTH … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
telephone box — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ a public booth or enclosure housing a payphone … English terms dictionary
telephone box — noun booth for using a telephone • Syn: ↑telephone booth, ↑phone booth, ↑call box, ↑telephone kiosk • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑kiosk … Useful english dictionary
telephone box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms telephone box : singular telephone box plural telephone boxes British a small structure containing a telephone that you pay to use … English dictionary
telephone box — noun A small enclosure housing a public telephone Syn: phone box, telephone booth, telephone kiosk … Wiktionary
telephone box — /ˈtɛləfoʊn bɒks/ (say teluhfohn boks) noun a small booth or enclosure containing a public telephone. Also, phone box, telephone booth …
telephone box — BrE telephone booth AmE noun (C) an enclosed structure containing a telephone that can be used by the public … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ˈtelephone ˌbox — noun [C] British a small structure that contains a telephone that you pay to use … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
