"phone jail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phone jails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} phone jail (countable and uncountable, plural phone jails)
  1. A small cage in which a mobile phone may be locked away for short periods of time. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-phone_jail-en-noun-HbCDFS12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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