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

The popular sci-fi series features a Time Lord, known only as The Doctor, who travels through time and space in the Tardis, which resembles a 1960s police telephone box.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2017

A day after Lawrence’s death, a letter listing the names of the people who turned out to be the top suspects in the case was left in a telephone box near the bus stop.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2017

They turned a corner, passing a telephone box and a bus shelter.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling