telephone box

British  

noun

1. Also called: telephone kiosk.   telephone booth.  an enclosure from which a paid telephone call can be made

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telephone box

With this, she pushes a button on her spacecraft time machine, the TARDIS, disguised as a police telephone box, which responds by seeming to malfunction.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2017

The enormous red-brick power station was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect behind the familiar British red telephone box and London’s Tate Modern museum.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2017

One member of his staff said: “If so few people want to come that we could hold it in a telephone box, fine, we’ll hold it in a telephone box.”

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015

Local users take and return books from shelves added inside the telephone box, donating additional books at will, and there are no fines for late return.

From Slate ● May 14, 2015

They smile as the telephone box disappears into the floor.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling