"phone tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phone trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phone tree (plural phone trees)
  1. (telecommunications) An interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc. Categories (topical): Telecommunications Related terms (menu): IVR (english: interactive voice response)
    Sense id: en-phone_tree-en-noun-en:interactive_telephone_menu Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'menu': 74 26
  2. (telecommunications) Synonym of call tree. Categories (topical): Telecommunications Synonyms: call tree [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: phone call, phone number
    Sense id: en-phone_tree-en-noun-en:call_tree Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

Inflected forms

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