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telephone kiosk — telephone ,kiosk noun count BRITISH OLD FASHIONED a PHONE BOOTH … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
telephone kiosk — noun booth for using a telephone • Syn: ↑telephone booth, ↑phone booth, ↑call box, ↑telephone box • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑kiosk * … Useful english dictionary
telephone kiosk — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms telephone kiosk : singular telephone kiosk plural telephone kiosks British old fashioned a telephone box … English dictionary
telephone kiosk — telephone booth, small area where a telephone is located … English contemporary dictionary
telephone kiosk — / telɪfəυn ˌki:ɒsk/ noun a shelter with a public telephone in it ● There are two telephone kiosks outside the post office … Marketing dictionary in english
kiosk — (n.) 1620s, open pavilion, from Fr. kiosque (17c.), from Turk. koshk, kiöshk pavilion, palace, from Pers. kushk palace, portico. Later of newsstands (1865). Modern sense influenced by British telephone kiosk (1928) … Etymology dictionary
Telephone booth — A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, (or telephone box in the British Isles) is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user s convenience. Such a booth usually has a door to provide privacy and a window to let… … Wikipedia
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
kiosk — [[t]ki͟ːɒsk[/t]] kiosks 1) N COUNT A kiosk is a small building or structure from which people can buy things such as sandwiches or newspapers through an open window. I was getting cigarettes at the kiosk. 2) N COUNT A kiosk or a telephone kiosk… … English dictionary
kiosk — n. a telephone kiosk (BE; CE has telephone booth) * * * [ kiːɒsk] a telephone kiosk (BE; CE has telephone booth) … Combinatory dictionary
