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call boxes

call boxes is the plural of call box.

Meaning of call box

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

Questions about call boxes

What is call boxes the plural of?
Call boxes is the plural of call box.

Words near call boxes in the dictionary

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

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