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

By alerting victims to a suspicious outgoing payment, which is purported to be a bank fraud security alert, the user is prompted to call a support telephone number as a matter of some urgency. —Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. —Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025

If a Gmail account hacker has taken full control, including changing your telephone number, email address, password and second authentication factor method, then all may seem lost. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025

Other than that, Signal – which does require a telephone number to create an account – is similar in concept to any other preferred instant messaging service smartphone users may have, including Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telephone number

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