DIAL TELEPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dial telephone mean? 

• DIAL TELEPHONE (noun)
  The noun DIAL TELEPHONE has 1 sense:

1. a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called

  Familiarity information: DIAL TELEPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAL TELEPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dial phone; dial telephone

Hypernyms ("dial telephone" is a kind of...):

phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)

Meronyms (parts of "dial telephone"):

dial; telephone dial (a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called)