phone call

Noun
  1. A telephone connection (synset 106283456)
    "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
    is a type of: telephone, telephony - transmitting speech at a distance
    subtypes:
    • 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, long-distance call, 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)
    same as: call, telephone call

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