phone call

A form of telephone call — A connection established over a telephone network between two parties.

Meanings

nounphone call (plural phone calls)

plural phone calls

  1. abbreviationclippingClipping of telephone call.

    A simple phone call would take care of it.

    3 more examples

    In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots.

    Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.

    1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2

    On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours.

    c. 1988, Peter W. Rodino, Jr. et al., Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, page 646

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna method of contacting a person by phone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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