noun🔗Share公衆電話A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card."Since I didn't have a cell phone, I had to use the payphone to call my mom after school. "携帯電話を持っていなかったので、放課後に母親に電話をかけるために公衆電話を使わなければなりませんでした。technologycommunicationservicemachineelectronicsutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading