telephone number

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telephone number (plural telephone numbers)

  1. The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
    Synonyms: number, phone number; digits (informal)
    Hypernym: number
    Hyponym: wrong number
  2. (in the plural, figurative, humorous) A large number.
    Synonym: phone number
    Hypernym: number
    How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.

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