phone booth

noun

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

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The colonial interior has hardwood floors, plenty of display shelving, large windows and theme decor – such as a door painted to resemble a red English phone booth. Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025 There are plenty of aviation nods as well; for example, an original phone booth has been transformed into a photobooth whose interior is covered with a photorealistic reproduction wallpaper of the inside of a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025 It’s situated in a relatively casual ambiance with wood barrels, a phone booth and eclectic mirrors. Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025 The spacecraft is larger than a full-size refrigerator, similar to a phone booth, and is intended to operate for a lifetime of about five years, depending on the solar cycle. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 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 27 May. 2025.

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