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purple box

purple box noun: a device used in phreaking that adds a hold facility to a telephone line.

Noun

purple box (plural purple boxes)

  1. A device used in phreaking that adds a hold facility to a telephone line.

Forms of purple box

pluralpurple boxes

Questions about purple box

What does purple box mean?
Purple box means a device used in phreaking that adds a hold facility to a telephone line.
What part of speech is purple box?
Purple box is a noun.
What is the plural of purple box?
The plural of purple box is purple boxes.

Words near purple box in the dictionary

  1. purple airways
  2. purple bacteria
  3. purple bar
  4. purple beautyberry
  5. purple beech
  6. purple box
  7. purple boxes
  8. purple coral
  9. purple corals
  10. purple death
  11. Purple Dragon Book

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