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

Photographs included in the report show a cage that looks only slightly larger than a telephone booth sitting on what is either grass or turf and surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with concertina wire. — Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

More realistically, a rapidly advancing and globalized division of labor among hands, machines, and minds led to the disappearance of telephone booths. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Britain’s largest church was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott—the inventor of the emblematic red telephone booth—in the early 20th century. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

Smart phones have replaced cameras, radios, paper maps, and long road walks to telephone booths. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telephone booth

• bluetooth
• forsooth
• sawtooth
• tolbooth
• uncouth
• untruth
• vermouth
• luth
• muth
• sleuth
• tooth
• youth

Kids Definition

telephone booth

noun

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