"signal box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: signal boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} signal box (plural signal boxes)
  1. A building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: signalbox Synonyms (building for control of rail signals): signal cabin Translations (a building): stavědlo [neuter] (Czech), asetinlaiterakennus (Finnish), cabine de signalisation [feminine] (French), Stellwerk [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-signal_box-en-noun-cGLZDgFF Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'building for control of rail signals': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'a building': 100 0
  2. The alarm-box of a police or fire-alarm system.
    Sense id: en-signal_box-en-noun-lq6znVXM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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