signal box

noun British.

a railway signal tower.

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Origin of signal box

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby signal box

signable, Signac, signage, signal, signal board, signal box, signal corps, signal generator, signalize, signally, signalman
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British Dictionary definitions for signal box

signal box

noun

a building containing manually operated signal levers for all the railway lines in its section
a control point for a large area of a railway system, operated electrically and semiautomatically
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