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signal box

signal box noun: a building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.

signal box: a building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and...
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Noun

signal box (plural signal boxes)

  1. A building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
    • This includes plans to run earlier [Sunday] services on the Derby to Crewe and Skegness routes, which will require Network Rail to open signal boxes on these lines earlier than at present.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, Modern Railways, pages 58–59
  2. The alarm-box of a police or fire alarm system.

Synonyms of signal box

Forms of signal box

pluralsignal boxes
alternative formsignalbox

Questions about signal box

What does signal box mean?
Signal box means a building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
What part of speech is signal box?
Signal box is a noun.
What is the plural of signal box?
The plural of signal box is signal boxes.

Words near signal box in the dictionary

  1. signal aspects
  2. signal boost
  3. signal boosted
  4. signal boosting
  5. signal boosts
  6. signal box
  7. signal boxes
  8. signal bridge
  9. signal bridges
  10. signal cabin
  11. signal cabins

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