Definitions

telephone number

NOUN

assigned number for telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

phone number

WEAK

800 number cell phone number fax number

Example Sentences

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He didn’t have a telephone number, so I was just waiting for eight hours in front of his door until he came home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

It was reopened in 1989, with a telephone number for prospective renters to call; within four days, it had received 180,000 calls and the list was closed again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

This is when someone fraudulently gets a mobile phone carrier to apply an existing telephone number to a new Sim card.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Taking out the crumpled paper, I looked at the telephone number.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison