call box

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call box

noun call boxes

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)
The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom
Ireland, UK Synonym of telephone box (enclosure)
Similar: telephone box

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noun telephone for emergency phone calls

Deutsch	Notrufsäule
Italiano	colonnina di soccorso

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@misc{call_box_2026,
  title = {call box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/call%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}