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Definition of Call box
1. Noun. Booth for using a telephone.
Generic synonyms: Booth, Cubicle, Kiosk, Stall
2. Noun. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
Definition of Call box
1. Noun. A telephone on the interstate to make phone calls in case of emergency. ¹
2. Noun. A telephone box. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Call Box
Literary usage of Call box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Service and Rate Restructuring in Telecommunications by OECD Staff (1991)
"11.1 The Licensee shall secure that call box services are provided at all ...
11.2The Licensee may cease to provide call box services at any public call box ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1901)
"In one form of the manual return-call box, the subscriber, after calling, ...
The Field and Fireman return-call box made by the Western Electric Company has ..."
3. The Electrical Review (1881)
"When the number of contacts belonging to this special call box has been made,
the left-hand side of the wire is put to earth by means of the spring, i1, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Box, Patrol Alarm An automatic- signal call-box provided for use on the outside of
... The call-box is placed inside a box, the outer door of which is ..."
5. Bell's Electric Speaking Telephone: Its Invention, Construction, Application by George Bartlett Prescott (1884)
"183 represents the same form of call box, with an Edison transmitter attached to
... 134 shows a call box, devised by Mr. Gray, and much used in the Western ..."
6. Bell Hangers' Hand-book by Francis Beatus Badt (1889)
"Directions for installation: From connecting post on call box arranged in row
under Z, run a wire to the large 01 main set screw on push button x, ..."
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