noun
telephone booth; phone box
A small enclosed structure with a public telephone, common in streets and stations. In modern Japan, public phones are often open stands rather than full booths, but the term is still used.
駅前に電話ボックスがあります。
There is a telephone booth in front of the station.
Refers to the public telephone itself, not the booth. 電話ボックス is the enclosure.
Compound of 電話 (telephone) and ボックス (box), a straightforward loanword adaptation from English 'telephone box'.