cardphone

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noun

A public telephone that accepts prepaid cards rather than coins.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncardphone (plural cardphones)

plural cardphones · alternative card phone

  1. A public telephone that accepts prepaid cards rather than coins.

Origin

From card + phone.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 磁卡電話 /磁卡电话
  • 磁卡電話 /磁卡电话 (cíkǎ diànhuà)public telephone that accepts cards rather than coins
Finnish korttipuhelin
  • korttipuhelinpublic telephone that accepts cards rather than coins
Greek καρτοτηλέφωνο
  • καρτοτηλέφωνο (kartotiléfono)public telephone that accepts cards rather than coins
Hungarian kártyás telefon
  • kártyás telefonpublic telephone that accepts cards rather than coins
Russian ка́рточный телефо́н
  • ка́рточный телефо́н (kártočnyj telefón)public telephone that accepts cards rather than coins

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

phonecard
Cite this entry
APA

cardphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardphone

MLA

“cardphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardphone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardphone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardphone.

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