phone booth

noun

US
: a very small room or enclosed structure with a public telephone in it

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Fire lookout towers with human fire spotters are going the way of the phone booth and fax machine. Paul Rogers, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025 There, an old school phone booth was set up (sponsored by Spotify) where fans took pictures and picked up the phone to hear snippets of her new album, Vie. Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 My 10-year-old son, Bobby, found a hot-pink phone booth overlooking the marina. Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2025 Afterward, Kemper fled California — only to telephone police from a Colorado phone booth and turn himself in. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for phone booth

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“Phone booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20booth. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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