phone tree

noun

An interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.

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call tree
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Meanings

nounphone tree (plural phone trees)

plural phone trees

  1. communicationsAn interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.
  2. communicationsSynonym of call tree.

    Synonyms: call tree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of call tree.

Similar
call tree
Also see
call tree
Cite this entry
APA

phone tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20tree

MLA

“phone tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20tree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phone tree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20tree.

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