TELEPHONE DIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone dial mean? 

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

1. a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE DIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dial; telephone dial

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

selector; selector switch (a switch that is used to select among alternatives)

Meronyms (parts of "telephone dial"):

finger hole (a hole for inserting a finger)

Holonyms ("telephone dial" is a part of...):

dial phone; dial telephone (a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called)