Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice box
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.

British usage; Dated

noun

A small community police station; a koban.

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

police boxes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

TARDIS

Questions

What does police box mean?: A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.

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