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call box

call box noun: 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).

Noun

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. (Ireland, UK) Synonym of telephone box (enclosure)
    Synonyms:
    telephone box

call box meaning in Tamil and Kannada

call box in Tamil

விளிகூடு

call box in Kannada

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ದೂರವಾಣಿ ಕೊಠಡಿ, ಬೂತು

Synonyms of call box

Forms of call box

pluralcall boxes

Questions about call box

What does call box mean?
Call box means 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).
What is call box in Tamil?
Call box in Tamil is விளிகூடு. See Call box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is call box?
Call box is a noun.
What is the plural of call box?
The plural of call box is call boxes.

Words near call box in the dictionary

  1. call backs
  2. call balls and strikes
  3. call bell
  4. call bird
  5. call birds
  6. call box
  7. call boxes
  8. call boy
  9. call boys
  10. call button
  11. call buttons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: call box (page history and authors); call box (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); call box (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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