telephone booth

noun

: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call

Examples of telephone booth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Kemper has been in custody since April 23, 1973, when Pueblo police arrested him after his telephone booth confession. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Veteran apartment gropers know enough to commandeer every working telephone booth in the area using friends who listen to dial tones and weather reports for an hour before the newspapers arrive. Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025 Its current flagship location on Broughton Street in historic downtown Savannah includes several relics from the original store like the black marble soda fountain, wooden back bar, and telephone booth. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025 Today’s lab macaques are still generally housed in small metal cages — the size of telephone booths, as neuroscientist Garet Lahvis has put it for Vox — inside windowless rooms with little opportunity for free movement. Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for telephone booth

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telephone booth was in 1888

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Telephone booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20booth. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

telephone booth

noun
: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!