"call box" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: call boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call box (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)
    Sense id: en-call_box-en-noun-HDK~YrYI
  2. The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom
    Sense id: en-call_box-en-noun-xTsmpXkP
  3. (UK, Ireland) Synonym of telephone box (enclosure) Tags: Ireland, UK Synonyms: telephone box [synonym, synonym-of] Hypernyms: box Translations (telephone for emergency phone calls): Notrufsäule [feminine] (German), colonnina di soccorso (Italian)
    Sense id: en-call_box-en-noun-1rdBk4ax Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 19 75 Disambiguation of 'telephone for emergency phone calls': 26 17 56

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Download JSON data for call box meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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