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phone jail

phone jail noun: a small cage in which a mobile phone may be locked away for short periods of time.

Noun

phone jail (countable and uncountable, plural phone jails)

  1. (informal) A small cage in which a mobile phone may be locked away for short periods of time.

Forms of phone jail

pluralphone jails

Questions about phone jail

What does phone jail mean?
Phone jail means a small cage in which a mobile phone may be locked away for short periods of time.
What part of speech is phone jail?
Phone jail is a noun.
What is the plural of phone jail?
The plural of phone jail is phone jails.

Words near phone jail in the dictionary

  1. phone hacking
  2. phone home
  3. phone in
  4. phone jack
  5. phone jacks
  6. phone jail
  7. phone jails
  8. phone line
  9. phone lines
  10. phone monkey
  11. phone monkeys

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