TRUNK CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trunk call mean? 

• TRUNK CALL (noun)
  The noun TRUNK CALL has 1 sense:

1. a telephone call made outside the local calling area

  Familiarity information: TRUNK CALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUNK CALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A telephone call made outside the local calling area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

long-distance call; long distance; trunk call

Context example:

I talked to her by long distance

Hypernyms ("trunk call" is a kind of...):

call; phone call; telephone call (a telephone connection)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trunk call"):

toll call (a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate)