See Also: Tardis(dictionary)
Tardis, the(dictionary)

Tardis (iou)



Tardis noun. Also tardis. L20.
[from TARDIS (said to be an acronym from Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), a time machine in the British TV science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963-), outwardly resembling a police telephone box.]
An object, building, etc., resembling Doctor Who's TARDIS, esp. in being (a) a time machine, or (b) larger on the inside than it appears from the outside.
M. Sawyer Granny's house is big...But it's collapsed into itself, like a Tardis in reverse: she lives in just the sitting-room.