Noun: call box kol bóks
- [Brit] Booth for using a telephone
"In the pre-mobile era, he had to find a call box to make an urgent call";
- telephone booth [N. Amer], phone booth [N. Amer], telephone box [Brit], telephone kiosk, phone box
- A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
"He checked his call box daily for the expected package";
- Post-Office box, PO Box, POB, letter box [Brit]
Derived forms: call boxes
Type of: booth, compartment, cubicle, kiosk, stall
Encyclopedia: Call box