call box
noun
1
British
: a public telephone booth
2
: a telephone usually located on the side of a road for reporting emergencies (such as fires or automobile breakdowns)
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The blue-light emergency call boxes scattered across campus—once considered cutting-edge—now feel obsolete in a world where every student carries a smartphone.
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Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Staff cited these mitigation agreements: Replacing the keypad and call box located at the property’s vehicle gate with remote openers.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
The fisherman’s friend had hiked back to their car and drove to the nearest 911 call box to call for help, officials said.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
The man smashed a station call box with the pipe, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
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Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Staff cited these mitigation agreements: Replacing the keypad and call box located at the property’s vehicle gate with remote openers.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
The fisherman’s friend had hiked back to their car and drove to the nearest 911 call box to call for help, officials said.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
The man smashed a station call box with the pipe, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
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“Call box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20box. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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