phone booth

noun

US
: a very small room or enclosed structure with a public telephone in it

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And no, Ohtani will not run into the proverbial phone booth and sprint out to the mound to surprise everyone. Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 According to the outlet, one of the family members walked approximately a half mile to the nearest phone booth to call for help. Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 But this week, Genevieve removed the glasses, stepped into Shane Powers’ old imaginary Blackberry phone booth, and indeed turned into Superwoman. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024 Sasaki opened the phone booth to his neighbors, who urgently needed a place to express their grief. Taryn Lindhorst, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for phone booth 

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“Phone booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20booth. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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