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Definitions

call box

NOUN
telephone booth
Synonyms
WEAK
coin telephone pay phone pay station phone booth public telephone telephone box telephone kiosk

Example Sentences

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The same man was seen in the footage using the apartment’s call box around 1:20 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022

He ran to the nearest fire alarm call box and reported the fire.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

BT was consulting with Aberdeenshire Council on the future of the call box, as well as those located in Crovie and Portsoy.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2021

I was a fan of Duchamp but wasn’t familiar with that particular piece, so I remember standing in a call box while Richard described it to me over the phone.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2018

There was a call box to ring individual apartments to ask someone to unlock the door for you.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.