Meanings
plural telephone boxes
- AustraliaIrelandUKA small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone).
I remember riding my bike around Wilbur Street, and when I ran away from home at 10 I hid in the corner telephone box.
2013 March 19, Peter Roberts, The AgeSynonyms: phone box, telephone booth, telephone kiosk, call box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone).
More synonyms by meaning
nounbooth for using a telephone
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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telephone box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephone%20box
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