phone box

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  • phone box — UK US noun [countable] [singular phone box plural phone boxes] british ★ a small enclosed structure with a telephone inside it that you pay to use. If the structure is only partly enclosed and has no door, it is usually called a phone booth ,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • phone box — phone boxes N COUNT A phone box is a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone. [BRIT] (in AM, use phone booth) …   English dictionary

  • phone box — phone ,box noun count BRITISH a PHONE BOOTH …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • phone box — n BrE a small structure that is partly or completely enclosed, containing a public telephone …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • phone box */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms phone box : singular phone box plural phone boxes British a small enclosed structure with a telephone inside it that you pay to use. If the structure is only partly enclosed and has no door, it is usually… …   English dictionary

  • ˈphone ˌbox — noun [C] British a small structure with a telephone inside it that you pay to use Syn: call box …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • phone box — (British) telephone booth, telephone compartment …   English contemporary dictionary

  • phone box — noun (C) BrE a small structure that is partly or completely enclosed, containing a public telephone …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • phone booth — phone booths 1) N COUNT A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone. 2) N COUNT A phone booth is the same as a phone box. [AM] Syn: call box, phone box …   English dictionary

  • phone booth — noun booth for using a telephone (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑telephone booth, ↑call box, ↑telephone box, ↑telephone kiosk • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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