phone box en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, Ireland, UK) A telephone box
But sitting, somewhat incongruously, at the station entrance is a working Telstra phone box.
2025 January 18, Rosemary Murphy, Alistair Bates, ABC News:
- (figuratively) A very small space.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phone boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| phonebox | alternative | lexicographic |