telephone box

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telephone box noun

1. an enclosure from which a paid telephone call can be made
   Also called: telephone kiosk, telephone booth

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tel′ephone booth′, 

1. Telecommunications a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone. Also called,[esp. Brit.,] tel′ephone box′. 

• 1895–1900, American.