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signal boxes

signal boxes is the plural of signal box.

Meaning of signal box

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.

Questions about signal boxes

What is signal boxes the plural of?
Signal boxes is the plural of signal box.

Words near signal boxes in the dictionary

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

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