telephone number

British  

noun

1. a set of figures identifying the telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone

2. (plural) extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices

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Example Sentences

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

Provocatively, Neon designed a simple black billboard that featured an extreme closeup of an unrecognizable Cage alongside a telephone number and release date.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Standing on the street, he struggled to remember his sister’s telephone number.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

Ellison and Straczynski didn’t meet until the late 1970s, when the latter decided to call the telephone number in one of Ellison’s books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

I had to ask Daddy for the telephone number, then I’d probably see him not care as he scribbled it on a scrap of paper or said with a shrug that he didn't have it.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Related Words

• phone number