call box

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English

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Noun

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call box (plural call boxes)

  1. A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)
  2. The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom
  3. (UK, Ireland) Synonym of telephone box (enclosure)

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