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signalbox

signalbox is the alternative form 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.

Forms of signalbox

pluralsignalboxes

Questions about signalbox

What is signalbox the alternative form of?
Signalbox is the alternative form of signal box.

Words near signalbox in the dictionary

  1. signal-to-noise
  2. signal-to-noise ratio
  3. signal-to-noise ratios
  4. signalase
  5. signalases
  6. signalbox
  7. signalboxes
  8. signaled
  9. signalee
  10. signalees
  11. signaler

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