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

Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. — Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Go online to find the right telephone number for a specific agency. — Ella Moore july 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

The sample was selected by The New York Times in multiple steps to account for differential telephone coverage, nonresponse and significant variation in the productivity of telephone numbers by state. — New York Times, 1 July 2026

Across two experiments, participants completed deliberately monotonous tasks, including copying or reading telephone numbers, before taking a creative uses test. — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telephone number

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