phone boxnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfəʊn ˌbɒks/us/ˈfoʊn ˌbɑːks/UKa small structure with a door, found outside in public places, containing a public phone
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phone booth
Examples
- Phone boxes are so rarely used now that everyone seems to have a mobile.
- I couldn't find a phone box.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - telephone equipment
- Ansaphone
- answerphone
- brick
- cardphone
- cell
- cell phone
- cradle
- ext
- extension
- GPRS
- hands-free
- handset
- kiosk
- landline
- linesman
- phone card
- speed dial
- telephone
- telephone exchange
- videophone
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