Telephone Dial (Noun)
Meaning
A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The telephone dial on the old rotary phone clicked and whirred as she entered the phone number.
- He carefully placed his finger in the hole corresponding to the first digit of the phone number and rotated the telephone dial clockwise.
- The child watched in fascination as her mother used the telephone dial to call Grandma.
- The antique telephone had a beautiful brass telephone dial with a smooth spinning motion.
- The invention of the telephone dial revolutionized the way people made phone calls in the early 20th century.