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call box

1. A roadside telephone used for reporting traffic accidents, breakdowns, and other emergencies.

2. Chiefly British A public telephone booth.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

call box

(Telecommunications) a soundproof enclosure for a public telephone. Also called: telephone box or telephone kiosk

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

call′ box`

1. an outdoor telephone or signal box for summoning aid.

2. Brit. telephone booth.

[1880–85]

call box

phone booth

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Noun	1.	call box - booth for using a telephone phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk kiosk, stall, booth, cubicle - small area set off by walls for special use
	2.	call box - a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for letter box, PO Box, POB, Post-Office box compartment - a space into which an area is subdivided

Translations

كُشْكُ التِلِيفُون

telefonní budka

telefonboks

puhelinkoppi

telefonska govornica

cabina telefonica

公衆電話ボックス

공중 전화 박스

telefooncel

telefonboks

budka telefoniczna

cabina telefónica cabina telefônica

телефонная будка

telefonkiosk

ตู้โทรศัพท์

telefon kulübesi

buồng điện thoại

公共电话亭

call box

→ كُشْكُ التِلِيفُون telefonní budka telefonboks Telefonzelle τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος cabina telefónica puhelinkoppi cabine téléphonique telefonska govornica cabina telefonica 公衆電話ボックス 공중 전화 박스 telefooncel telefonboks budka telefoniczna cabina telefónica, cabina telefônica телефонная будка telefonkiosk ตู้โทรศัพท์ telefon kulübesi buồng điện thoại 公共电话亭

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