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callbox

callbox is the alternative form 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

Forms of callbox

pluralcallboxes

Questions about callbox

What is callbox the alternative form of?
Callbox is the alternative form of call box.

Words near callbox in the dictionary

  1. callbacks
  2. callboard
  3. callboards
  4. callbook
  5. callbooks
  6. callbox
  7. callboxes
  8. callboy
  9. callboys
  10. Callcott
  11. Callcotts

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