area code

noun

: a usually 3-digit number that identifies a particular telephone service area in a country (such as the U.S. or Canada)

Examples of area code in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 313 area code currently serves Detroit, Allen Park, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse, the Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Redford Township, River Rouge and Taylor. —Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025

Reuters reported that membership in the GenZ 212, which derived its name from Morocco’s area code, has soared in recent days—jumping from 3,000 last week to 130,000 on Thursday. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

Cipriani was a notorious high roller, known for winning huge amounts of money from casinos in Las Vegas (702 is the Vegas area code), giving it back to the poor. —Barry Levitt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025

Red flags for potential scams include calls or texts from out-of-state area codes, or documents featuring incorrect logos, suspicious formatting or misspellings. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for area code

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed

Kids Definition

area code

noun

: a usually three-digit number that represents each telephone service area in a country (as the U.S. or Canada)