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
