"phone call" meaning in English

See phone call in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-phone call.wav Forms: phone calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phone call (plural phone calls)
  1. Clipping of telephone call. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: telephone call Categories (topical): Communication, Telephony Related terms: phone line, phone number, phone tree
    Sense id: en-phone_call-en-noun-CmgbUI5t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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