Definition of "telephone booth" [telephone booth]

• A small enclosure containing a public telephone. (noun)

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• "Id have died of fear if Id been cornered in a telephone booth by a werewolf, but he stayed cool and-zap-just fantastic."
• "For nearly five minutes, the swarm patroled the space between the telephone booth and the boutique, then it flew off into the spreading bruise of dusk."