Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phone call

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: phone -call
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of telephone call.

Example Sentences

"A simple phone call would take care of it."
"In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots."
"Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible."
"On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours."

Inflected Forms

phone calls (plural)

Phrases

phone line phone number phone tree

Frequently Paired Words

phone line phone number phone tree

Synonyms

call telephone call

Questions

What does phone call mean?: Clipping of telephone call.

How to pronounce phone call

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