The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom.
The wall-mounted box allowing a person to speak into an intercom.
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(figurative) A very small space.
(British, Ireland, Australia) A small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone).
A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
(mountaineering) A rectangular hole or slot.
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).
Call box means: A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient .. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
call box means: A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient .. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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