telephone booth

American  

noun

1. a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.

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Etymology

Origin of telephone booth

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

I was standing in a containment cage, a contraption smaller than a telephone booth made of steel and mesh wire.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

If qubits get close enough together, Nadkishore explained, they can influence the behavior of their neighbors, almost like a crowd of people trying to squeeze themselves into a telephone booth.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

“There was a telephone booth right here, a glass one,” she said, pointing to a 15-foot, metal pole in the corner of the parking lot.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

The trailer for the new season shows Ms. Whittaker pulling back a hoodie and stepping over ruins toward the Tardis, a spaceship disguised as an old-fashioned British police telephone booth.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2017

We finally got to the store and stood by the telephone booth having a Coke.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel