payphone
Coin-operated telephone
A payphone is a public telephone that requires payment—typically coins, though later models accepted cards.
Once ubiquitous on street corners, in hotel lobbies, and at gas stations, payphones have largely disappeared with the rise of mobile phones.
I had to find a payphone to call for a ride.
One who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- callboxPublic telephone enclosure
- coinslotPayment aperture in machines
cradle · cord · keypad · rotary · dial · earpiece · mouthpiece · enclosure
Contact by phone
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- collectBring items together
- operatorOne who works machinery
- directoryFile system container
coins · quarters · dimes · deposit · insert · hang-up · busy · ringing
Quality from past eras
obsolete · discontinued · vanishing · extinct · Americana · Superman · 70s · 80s
receiver
One who accepts transmission
coinslot · cradle · cord · keypad · rotary · dial · earpiece · mouthpiece · enclosure · kiosk
call
Contact by phone
directory · coins · quarters · dimes · deposit · insert · hang-up · busy · ringing · answer
vintage
Quality from past eras
outdated · obsolete · discontinued · vanishing · extinct · Americana · Superman · 70s · 80s · forgotten
airport
Aviation passenger facility
mall · prison · hotel · bar · diner · sidewalk · downtown · urban · roadside
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- trunkMain stem or storage
circuit · telecommunications · carrier · PSTN · Bell · AT&T · telco · toll · tariff · billing
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- retro techVCR, cassette tape, typewriter, fax machine, answering machine
- wired telecomlandline, telegraph, fax, fax machine, modem
- Analog Eratypewriter, record player, phonograph, turntable, vinyl record
- communication devicescellphone, landline, smartphone, iPhone, videophone
- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
payphonemobile phone
Portable wireless telephone
cell phone · cellphone · smartphone · portable phone · cordless phone