public telephone booth
1telephone booth — telephone booths N COUNT A telephone booth is a place in a public building or in the street where there is a telephone that can be used by the public. [FORMAL] …
2telephone booth — telephone .booth n AmE a small structure that is partly or completely enclosed, containing a public telephone = ↑phone booth …
3telephone booth — ☆ telephone booth n. a booth in a public place containing a telephone, usually operated by inserting coins …
4Telephone booth — A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, (or telephone box in the British Isles) is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user s convenience. Such a booth usually has a door to provide privacy and a window to let… …
5telephone booth — noun a small enclosure housing a public telephone Syn: phone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk …
6telephone booth — tel′ephone booth n. tgp an enclosed booth for a public telephone …
7telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone. Also called, esp. Brit., telephone box. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * …
8telephone booth — Synonyms and related words: call box, coin telephone, desk telephone, dial telephone, extension, mouthpiece, pay station, phone, public telephone, push button telephone, receiver, telephone, telephone engineering, telephone extension, telephone… …
9public telephone — /pʌblɪk ˈtɛləfoʊn/ (say publik teluhfohn) noun a telephone, often in a telephone box or booth, which is available to the public, each caller paying for the call with coins, a phone card, a credit card, etc. Also, payphone …
10telephone box — noun booth for using a telephone • Syn: ↑telephone booth, ↑phone booth, ↑call box, ↑telephone kiosk • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑kiosk …
