SIGNAL BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signal box mean? 

• SIGNAL BOX (noun)
  The noun SIGNAL BOX has 1 sense:

1. a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains

  Familiarity information: SIGNAL BOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNAL BOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

signal box; signal tower

Hypernyms ("signal box" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)