TELEPHONE NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone number mean? 

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

1. the number is used in calling a particular telephone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number is used in calling a particular telephone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

number; phone number; telephone number

Context example:

he has an unlisted number

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

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

 Context examples 

A telephone number that is used for identifying a destination fax machine in a telephone network.

(Fax Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Find and dial a telephone number correctly?

(DAD - Find and Dial a Telephone Number Correctly, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of an unordered collection of telephone numbers.

(Bag Telephone Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A telephone number that is used by a mobile communication system that uses a combination of radio wave transmission and conventional telephone switching to permit telephone communication to and from mobile users within a specified area.

(Mobile Telephone Number, Food and Drug Administration)