phone boxes
Public telephone enclosures
Phone boxes are enclosed structures, typically on streets, containing a public telephone.
Chiefly British—Americans say phone booths.
Once ubiquitous, they've largely disappeared as mobile phones spread.
Britain's red phone boxes remain cultural icons, often preserved as landmarks or repurposed as tiny libraries or defibrillator stations.
Superman changed in a phone booth, but good luck finding one now.
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- British heritageCultural inheritance from Britain
- callboxPublic telephone enclosure
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- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
- WestminsterBig Ben, House of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster
phone boxesmobile phones
Portable wireless communication devices
cell phones · smartphones · cordless phones · satellite phones · walkie-talkies
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