telephone booth

noun

: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call

Examples of telephone booth in a Sentence

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These living, breathing telephone booths (people) are everywhere. Tiffany Shlain, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2019 The family member who reported the illnesses walked about a half-mile to a telephone booth to call 911, as the family is Amish and does not have a telephone, Fantom said Saturday. Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024 In 1934, carpenters’ union leader J.M. Stubblefield was inside a Carpenters’ Hall telephone booth when he was shot dead. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024 The lander, named Odysseus and a bit bigger than a telephone booth, arrived in the south polar region of the moon at 6:23 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday. Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telephone booth 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telephone booth was in 1888

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“Telephone booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20booth. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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telephone booth

noun
: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call
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