telephone number

noun

: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone

called also phone number

Examples of telephone number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He is alleged to have forged West’s signature on the permit application, but the telephone number listed was his own, the arrest affidavit said. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

Submissions must be exclusive to The Post and should include the writer’s address and day and evening telephone numbers. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

The telephone number appearing on the zakat collection agency’s tax forms is the same New York number listed in TeraWulf’s public disclosure filings, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records, as belonging to Khan. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

The Federal Trade Commission warns that even replying to an unexpected text can confirm that a scammer has reached a working telephone number. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telephone number

• cumber
• lumber
• slumber
• umber
• encumber
• outnumber
• renumber