telephone booth

Noun

Meaning

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telephone booth (plural telephone booths)

A small enclosure housing a public telephone.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

kiosk phone booth telephone box telephone kiosk phone box

Hypernyms

booth kiosk cubicle

Examples

Hitchcock shoots through Marion's windshield and the telephone booth, when Arbogast phones Sam and Lila. Source: Internet

Short-range booths are similar in appearance to an old style telephone booth : one enters, "dials" one's desired destination, and is immediately deposited in a corresponding booth at the destination. Source: Internet

In the Fleischer theatrical cartoons released by Paramount, the mild-mannered reporter often ducked into a telephone booth or stockroom to make the transformation. Source: Internet

Users at the beginning of the 20th century did not place long distance calls from their own telephones but made an appointment to use a special sound-proofed long distance telephone booth furnished with the latest technology. Source: Internet

Having a character find a telephone booth and work at getting the correct change to place a phone call is much more tense and dramatic and obstacle-driven than just having a character snap open a cell phone. Source: Internet

The painting depicts three men in trench coats and hats, using devices to tap into a telephone booth. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

telephone answering machine telephone bill telephone book telephone booths telephone box telephone call