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Definition of "call box" []

  • A roadside telephone used for reporting motorists' emergencies, such as collisions and automotive breakdowns. (noun)
  • Chiefly British A public telephone booth. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "call box" in a sentence
  • "But the nurse call box with its one red button was gone from my side that eighth night, fallen off the side of the bed, I guessed, when Babci had leaned in to make sure my hand had made it to the first Our Father bead right on schedule."