Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phone box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: phone box
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone box

Australian usage; British usage

noun

A very small space.

Example Sentences

"But sitting, somewhat incongruously, at the station entrance is a working Telstra phone box."

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

phone boxes (plural) phonebox (alternative)

Questions

What does phone box mean?: A telephone box

How to pronounce phone box

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