(British, Ireland, Australia) A small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone).
(British, Ireland, Australia) A small enclosure housing a public telephone (usually a payphone).
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The standard British, Irish, and Australian term for a public telephone enclosure — what Americans call a phone booth. The classic British red phone box (the K6 model designed by Giles Gilbert Scott) is an internationally recognised cultural icon. Used figuratively to describe any very small, cramped space.
(UK, Ireland, Australia) A telephone box.
(figurative) A very small space.
(chiefly, British, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.
(UK, Irish) A telephone booth.