telephone dial

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Noun telephone dial has 1 sense

dial, telephone dial - a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
--₁ is a kind of selector, selector switch
--₁ is a part of dial telephone, dial phone
--₁ has parts: finger hole

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Telephone Dial

Description:

A telephone dial is a rotating device found on older telephones that is used for dialing phone numbers by manually rotating numbered discs or buttons.

Senses:

As a noun: It refers to the rotating device on a telephone used for dialing numbers.
As a verb: It means to manually rotate the dial on a telephone to input a phone number.

Sample Sentences:

She nostalgically used the telephone dial on her antique phone to make a call.
He dialed the number by turning the telephone dial with his finger.
Please dial the number correctly on the telephone dial before making the call.

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