telephone booth

noun

: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call

Examples of telephone booth in a Sentence

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His bathroom was the size of a telephone booth. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 The new design features street-facing windows and two London telephone booths framing the entrance. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025 In another sequence, Finn picks up a payphone only to for the Grabber to gaze back at him from outside the telephone booth. — Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 2 June 2025 In nearby Altadena, another wind phone sits in a wooden framed telephone booth with vertical glass windows at the end of a brick walkway. — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for telephone booth

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of telephone booth was in 1888

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telephone booth

noun
: an enclosure within which one may stand or sit while making a telephone call
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