Meaning of payphone | Babel Free
/ˈpeɪˌfoʊn/Definitions
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
Equivalents
Español
teléfono público
Bahasa Indonesia
telepon umum
日本語
公衆電話
한국어
공중전화
Polski
automat
Português
orelhão
Examples
“I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.”
“You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.