telephone booth

American  

noun

telephone booths plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• telephone booths
  plural

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

A UK-style red telephone booth sits on one corner, Norwegian flags festoon posts and staircases and a “Velkommen til Poulsbo!” mural and monstrous Viking invite day-trippers and weekend stays.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 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

To enter, you must wait in line before descending through a replica of a red British telephone booth into a small subterranean space.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2018

Visiting the Muslim restaurant in Harlem, I asked how I could meet Minister Malcolm X, who was pointed out talking in a telephone booth right behind me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey