entry phone

A form of entryphone — An intercom system fitted at the entrance to a building, especially a block of flats, by which visitors can identify themselves to specific occupants before being admitted to the building.

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Meanings

nounentry phone (plural entry phones)

plural entry phones

  1. alternativeAlternative form of entryphone.

    There was the sound of buzzing, an entry phone maybe, then the lift doors droned.

    2012, Annie Hauxwell, In Her Blood, page 122
    2 more examples

    Her third-floor flat in the old Edwardian house had no entry phone or intercom system.

    2010, Tania Carver, The Creeper

    I rang the entry phone and gave my name; the lock was released and I was told to go to the first floor, where her housekeeper, Carmen Vargas, met me and led the way to the drawing room.

    2013, Ava Gardner, Peter Evans, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations
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