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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A roadside telephone used for reporting traffic accidents, breakdowns, and other emergencies.
- noun Chiefly British A public telephone booth.
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- noun A
telephone on theinterstate to makephone calls in case ofemergency . - noun A
telephone box .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun booth for using a telephone
- noun a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
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