PHONE CALL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A telephone connection

Example:

he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call

Synonyms:

call; phone call; telephone call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)

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

call-back (a return call)

collect call (a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for)

call-in (a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program)

crank call (a hostile telephone call (from a crank))

local call (a telephone call made within a local calling area)

long-distance call; long distance; trunk call (a telephone call made outside the local calling area)

conference call (a telephone call in which more than two people participate)

wake-up call (a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels))