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I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job.
Michael Caine

Meaning of "telephone booth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TELEPHONE BOOTH

telephone booth  [ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn buːð] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELEPHONE BOOTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Telephone booth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELEPHONE BOOTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

telephone booth

Telephone booth

A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience. In the USA and Canada, "telephone booth" is used, while in the Commonwealth of Nations it is a "telephone box" or "phone box". Such a booth usually has lighting, a door to provide privacy, and windows to let others know if the booth is in use. The booth may be furnished with a printed directory of local telephone numbers, and a booth in a formal setting, such as a hotel, may be furnished with paper and pen and even a seat. An outdoor booth may be made of metal and plastic to withstand the elements and heavy use, while an indoor booth may have more elaborate architecture and furnishings. Most outdoor booths feature the name and logo of the telephone service provider.

Definition of telephone booth in the English dictionary

The definition of telephone booth in the dictionary is a place in a public building or in the street where there is a telephone that can be used by the public.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELEPHONE BOOTH


booth
buːð
resmooth
riːˈsmuːð
satin-smooth
ˌsætɪnˈsmuːð
smooth
smuːð
soothe
suːð
supersmooth
ˌsuːpərˈsmuːð
ultrasmooth
ˌʌltrəˈsmuːð
unsmooth
ʌnˈsmuːð

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELEPHONE BOOTH

telephone answering machine
telephone banking
telephone book
telephone box
telephone call
telephone directory
telephone exchange
telephone kiosk
telephone line
telephone message
telephone number
telephone numbers
telephone operator
telephone pole
telephone sales
telephone selling
telephone service
telephone set
telephone sex
telephone sex line

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELEPHONE BOOTH

baby tooth
Bluetooth
bucktooth
dogtooth
long in the tooth
luckenbooth
phone booth
photo booth
polling booth
projection booth
sawtooth
snaggletooth
sooth
sweet tooth
ticket booth
tolbooth
tollbooth
tooth
voting booth
wisdom tooth

Synonyms and antonyms of telephone booth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «telephone booth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELEPHONE BOOTH

Find out the translation of telephone booth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of telephone booth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «telephone booth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电话亭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cabina telefónica
570 millions of speakers

English

telephone booth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेलीफोन बूथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كشك الهاتف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телефонная будка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cabine de telefone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেলিফোন স্টল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cabine téléphonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pondok telefon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Telefonzelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話ボックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화 부스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telpon booth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gian hàng điện thoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைபேசி மையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेलिफोन बूथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

telefon kulübesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cabina telefonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budka telefoniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телефонна будка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cabină telefonică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλεφωνικό θάλαμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telefoonhokkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonkiosk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telefonkiosk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of telephone booth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOTH»

The term «telephone booth» is normally little used and occupies the 112.341 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOTH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about telephone booth

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4 QUOTES WITH «TELEPHONE BOOTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word telephone booth.
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Michael Caine
I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job.
2
Stephen Daldry
I am, in fact, Superman. Every morning I wake up and go into a telephone booth and change my costume, and then go to work.
3
Bill Haley
She was so small she could make mamba in a telephone booth.
4
Christopher Morley
If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEPHONE BOOTH»

Discover the use of telephone booth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to telephone booth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Telephone Booth Indian
In The Telephone Booth Indian, Liebling proves just why he was the go-to man on New York lowlife and con culture; this is the master at the top of his form, uncovering scam after scam and writing about them with the wit and charisma that ...
A.J. Liebling, 2008
2
Demotic Greek II: Ho Hiptamenos Thalamos : the Flying ...
Integrated sequel to DEMOTIC GREEK I for second-year students uses scenarios and readings based on authentic Greek texts drawn from folktales, ballads, and writers such as Herodotus, Kazantzakis, Koraes, Myrivilis, and Seferis.
‎1982
3
Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement: -
The evidence against Katz consisted of a conversation overheard by FBI agents who had attached an electronic listening device to the outside of a public telephone booth from which the calls were made. ISSUE: Is a public telephone booth a ...
Jeffery T. Walker, Rolando V. del Carmen, 2011
4
The Lonely Phonebooth
When cellular telephones arrive on the scene, a once-popular Manhattan phonebooth becomes shabby and lonely until a power outage reminds everyone of how useful it can be.
Peter Ackerman, 2010
5
Using Your Head: An Owner's Manual
You want to call Mary Jane at the hospital (to find out how she is feeling after her cosmetic hip surgery, and also to share some gossip about Luella Frucklemeyer), so you approach a nearby telephone booth. Unfortunately, you don't have the ...
Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, 1989
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Superman and Son
"--Los Angeles Times Publisher's Note: This book was previously titled Citizen Paul: The Story of Father and Son, published in 1978 and out of print for many years. It was an Alternate Selection of the Book of the Month Club.
Ralph Schoenstein, 1995
7
The Right to Privacy
We hold that they do. In Katz v. United States (1967), the government placed an electronic listening device on a public telephone booth, which allowed the government to listen to the telephone user's conversation. ... The Supreme Court held ...
David L. Hudson, 2009
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Criminal Procedure
Issue 1: Does a person have a constitutionally protected interest in his or her conversations in a public telephone booth, so that the act of police recording of the conversations constitutes a Fourth Amendment search or seizure? Rule 1: ...
Neil C. Blond, Catherine Hancock, 2009
9
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
"Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone" by Victor Appleton is book number 17 in the original Tom Swift series.
Victor Appleton, 2013
10
Young and Defiant in Tehran
Her friend was waiting outside the telephone booth. Both were dressed in robes, their hair was covered with chic scarves in bright colors. The girl in the telephone booth broke into laughter, causing her friend to laugh too. After a while, the girl ...
Shahram Khosravi, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term telephone booth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Weird Al Yankovic Records Weirdest A Capella Song in Jack White's …
Taking his band into White's vintage telephone booth turned recording studio, which is cramped enough for one person, Weird Al and his backers managed to ... «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Jun 15»
2
Death of the phone booth
But one of the most notable items to be removed from the schedule is the old-fashioned telephone booth. It appears the cellphone has finally killed the onetime ... «Daily Record, Jan 15»
3
Brad Flory column: Why one 21st century city put a telephone booth
My eyes did not deceive. A red telephone booth, like the kind Clark Kent uses to become Superman, sits in the heart of Eaton Rapids at Main and Hamlin streets. «MLive.com, Dec 14»
4
Louise Jones: Baby Left In A New York Telephone Booth 49 Years …
The little baby girl who was then believed to be just two days old was left alone inside the telephone booth by someone — most likely her own mother. Louise ... «The Inquisitr, Nov 14»
5
London's Iconic Telephone Booths Go Green
London's iconic red phone boxes are going green, literally. The telephone booths, which have long made virtually obsolete by cell phones, are being converted ... «ABC News, Oct 14»
6
New York City Nixes Advertising 'Beacons' in Telephone Booths
Hundreds of "beacons" installed on phone booths in New York City that could be used to send targeted ads to pedestrians' smartphones based on their location ... «NBCNews.com, Oct 14»
7
A Town Won't Let Go of a Coin-Drop Line to the Past
Yes: a telephone booth. Among the last of those once-ubiquitous confessionals of communication, and the last one operated by the family-owned Prairie Grove ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
8
Last Call For La Crescent Phone Booth
“The last phone call that somebody used the telephone booth for was many ... For that reason, along with maintenance, the old phone booth is about to go away. «CBS Local, Feb 14»
9
In Scranton telephone booth, a little library
If you open the door of the red telephone booth shaded by a small tree on the side of Morel Street in Scranton, you will not be able to place a call. Instead, you'll ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Oct 13»
10
What's up with those British red telephone booths?
Yes, those fire truck-colored rectangle boxes with TELEPHONE scrawled ... Since the phone booth is obsolete, there are quite a few of them up for sale on the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 13»

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