call box

noun

A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)

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telephone boxtelephone boothphone boothtelephone kioskPost-Office boxPO BoxPOBletter box
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Meanings

nouncall box (plural call boxes)

plural call boxes

  1. A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)
  2. The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom
  3. IrelandUKSynonym of telephone box (enclosure)

    Synonyms: telephone box

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of telephone box (enclosure)

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telephone box

More synonyms by meaning

nounbooth for using a telephone

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telephone boothphone boothtelephone boxtelephone kiosk
Broader
boothcubiclestall

nouna numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for

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Post-Office boxPO BoxPOBletter box
Broader
compartment
Also see
phone boothpo boxtelephone boothtelephone boxtelephone kiosk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German Notrufsäule
  • Notrufsäuletelephone for emergency phone calls
Italian colonnina di soccorso
  • colonnina di soccorsotelephone for emergency phone calls
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APA

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MLA

“call box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20box. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call box,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20box.

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