call box

See also: callbox

English

Noun

call box (plural call boxes)

A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge).
A telephone box.

Synonyms

(telephone box): phone box
(telephone box): telephone box
(telephone box): telephone booth

Hypernyms

box

Translations

telephone for emergency phone calls

German: Notrufsäule (de) f

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