phone box
1 of 1noun/ˈfoʊn bɑks/
Forms:phone boxes
1
an enclosed space with a public phone that someone can pay in order to use it
- He stepped into the phone box to make an urgent call.
- The old red phone box stood as a nostalgic symbol in the city center.
- She ducked into a phone box to avoid the sudden rain.
- The phone box was a rarity in today's age of mobile phones.
- Tourists love taking pictures with the iconic British phone box.