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phone boxes

phone boxes is the plural of phone box.

Meaning of phone box

Noun

phone box (plural phone boxes)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, UK) A telephone box
    • But sitting, somewhat incongruously, at the station entrance is a working Telstra phone box.2025 January 18, Rosemary Murphy, Alistair Bates, ABC News
  2. (figuratively) A very small space.

Questions about phone boxes

What is phone boxes the plural of?
Phone boxes is the plural of phone box.

Words near phone boxes in the dictionary

  1. phone book
  2. phone books
  3. phone booth
  4. phone booths
  5. phone box
  6. phone boxes
  7. phone call
  8. phone calls
  9. phone card
  10. phone cards
  11. phone case

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