police box

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Definition of police box in English English dictionary

local police station

a telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. Currently, the city of Glasgow (Scotland) has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control room operator

Hyphenation

po·lice box

Turkish pronunciation

pılis bäks

Pronunciation

/pəˈlēs ˈbäks/ /pəˈliːs ˈbɑːks/