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emergency telephone in British English (ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn) nouna public telephone intended for use in emergencies: for example, at the side of a motorway Examples of 'emergency telephone' in a sentenceemergency telephone They could visit police stations to receive help or use the emergency telephone boxes outside their local fire stations, which were still working.I had apparently committed an offence by driving past an emergency telephone and subsequently had my licence endorsed and received a small fine.More specifically: keeping look-out for thieves and suspicious packages, checking locks and emergency telephones and inspecting vehicles for anything 'untoward'.Emergency telephones are positioned at intervals.Instead, drivers must use the orange emergency telephones, which are located every 2 km along the road. |