call box

See also: callbox

English

Noun

call box (plural call boxes)

1. A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)
2. The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom
3. (UK, Ireland) Synonym of telephone box (enclosure)

Hypernyms

• box

Translations

telephone for emergency phone calls

• German: Notrufsäule (de) f
• Italian: colonnina di soccorso