police box
(chiefly, British, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.
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(chiefly, British, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.
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A small community police station; a koban.
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(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.
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(UK, Irish) A telephone booth.
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Telephone kiosk is the formal British and Irish English term for what Americans call a phone booth — that iconic enclosed or semi-enclosed public structure housing a payphone. The bright red telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott became one of Britain's most recognized design icons. Most have been decommissioned or repurposed as mini libraries, defibrillator stations, or tourist photography spots, but the term lingers as a nostalgic piece of British vocabulary and a beloved cultural symbol.