Trunk Call (Noun)
Meaning
A telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The long-distance charges on my trunk call to Tokyo were very expensive.
- The old system of booking a trunk call was so inconvenient and time-consuming.
- He placed a trunk call to New York from his mobile phone while on a train.
- Before mobile phones became widespread, trunk calls were often expensive and complicated.
- To place a trunk call from this small town to another state required the help of an operator.