- call box
- noun Date: 1885 1. British a public telephone booth 2. a telephone usually located on the side of a road for reporting emergencies (as fires or automobile breakdowns)
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call box
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call box — call boxes also call box 1) N COUNT A call box is the same as a telephone box. [BRIT] Syn: phone box 2) N COUNT A call box is a telephone in a box or case, often on a pole, that is at the side of a road and that you can use in emergencies.… … English dictionary
call-box — callˈ box noun A public telephone box • • • Main Entry: ↑call … Useful english dictionary
call box — n 1.) BrE a ↑phone box 2.) AmE a public telephone beside a road or ↑freeway used to telephone for help … Dictionary of contemporary English
call box — call′ box n. 1) tgp an outdoor telephone or signal box for summoning aid 2) tgp brit. Brit. telephone booth • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
call box — n. 1. Brit. TELEPHONE BOOTH 2. a box, as on a post beside a highway, that holds a telephone for making emergency calls … English World dictionary
call box — call ,box noun count 1. ) AMERICAN a telephone at the side of a road that you can use for calling for help 2. ) BRITISH a PHONE BOOTH … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
call box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms call box : singular call box plural call boxes 1) British a public telephone box 2) American a telephone at the side of a road that you can use for calling for help … English dictionary
call-box — see call box … English dictionary
ˈcall ˌbox — noun [C] 1) British a public telephone box Syn: phone box 2) American a telephone at the side of a road that you use to call for help … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
call box — noun 1. booth for using a telephone • Syn: ↑telephone booth, ↑phone booth, ↑telephone box, ↑telephone kiosk • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑kiosk … Useful english dictionary
call box — noun a) A telephone on the interstate to make phone calls in case of emergency. b) A telephone box. Syn: phone box, telephone box … Wiktionary
