"telephone box" meaning in All languages combined

See telephone box on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: telephone boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} telephone box (plural telephone boxes)
  1. (British and Ireland) A small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone). Tags: British, Ireland Synonyms: phone box, telephone booth, telephone kiosk, call box Hypernyms: box Related terms: police box

Inflected forms

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