phone box

noun

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

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Before leaving the dugout after his ejection, Cora hit the bullpen phone box hard enough that the cover came off the hinges. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025 The films also showcase the village mascot, Porridge the bear; a magical phone box portal, and dresses that fly around the VIP shopping suite. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 May 2025 The Stolp phone box is equipped with a Faraday cage that disconnects devices from Wi-Fi service completely. Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2024 Kondo has partnered with Stolp to design and develop an innovative phone box to digitally decompress—and its aesthetically pleasing enough to be considered decor. Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2024 My clearest memory of the day is this: standing in a phone box outside the hospital, the sticky receiver held to my ear, complaining to my father that I had been lied to, and that a needle was coming my way. Madeleine Watts, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022

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“Phone box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20box. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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