"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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 25 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

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