Noun: telephone box 'te-lu,fown bóks
Usage: Brit
Usage: Brit
- Booth for using a telephone
"In the pre-mobile era, he had to find a telephone box to make an urgent call";
- telephone booth [N. Amer], phone booth [N. Amer], call box [Brit], telephone kiosk, phone box
Derived forms: telephone boxes
Type of: booth, cubicle, kiosk, stall
Encyclopedia: Telephone box