signal box

sig·nal box

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Definitions of signal box words

noun signal box a railway signal tower. 1
countable noun signal box A signal box is a small building near a railway, which contains the switches used to control the signals. 0
noun signal box a building containing manually operated signal levers for all the railway lines in its section 0
noun signal box a control point for a large area of a railway system, operated electrically and semiautomatically 0

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30

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