Dial Telephone (Noun)
Meaning
A telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She picked up the old dial telephone and began to turn the circular dial to enter the phone number.
- The dial telephone on the wall was a relic of a bygone era, but it still worked perfectly.
- He placed his finger in the hole of the dial telephone and rotated it clockwise to register the first digit of the phone number.
- The antique store had a beautifully restored dial telephone on display, complete with a rotary dial and a cord.
- As a child, she had been fascinated by the way the dial telephone clicked and whirred as her mother dialed a phone number.