telephone kiosk

Thân thiện

A person makes a call from a telephone kiosk on a city street.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small enclosed structure housing a public telephone: A "telephone kiosk" is a freestanding booth or shelter containing a payphone for public use.

Usage

• The word "telephone kiosk" functions as a compound noun. It is used to specify the physical structure itself.
• It is typically used in formal or descriptive contexts. In everyday speech, terms like "phone booth" or "call box" (UK) are more common.

Examples

• Noun:
  • He stepped into the telephone kiosk to make a private call.
  • The old red telephone kiosk is now a landmark in the village.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used in historical or architectural contexts to describe a specific design, such as the iconic red British telephone kiosk.
• "to be like a telephone kiosk": An informal simile to describe a space that is very small, cramped, or private.
  • Their new office is so tiny, it's like a telephone kiosk.

Variants and Related Words

• Phone booth (n): A more common modern synonym for a telephone kiosk.
• Call box (n, chiefly UK): Another term for a telephone kiosk, sometimes also used for emergency roadside telephones.
• Telephone booth (n): A synonym for telephone kiosk.

Synonyms

• Phone booth
• Call box
• Telephone booth
• Payphone enclosure

Related Phrases

• Public telephone: This refers to the phone itself, not necessarily the structure housing it. A telephone kiosk houses a public telephone.

Học thuật

Noun

1. booth for using a telephone

Từ đồng nghĩa

• telephone booth
• phone booth
• call box
• telephone box