3.5.9.2 Telephone

Use this domain for words related to the telephone.

OMC Codes: 
206 Telephone and Telegraph
  • What words refer to telephones?
    telephone, phone, cell phone
  • What words refer to talking to someone on the telephone?
    speak/talk on the phone, be on the phone
  • What words refer to beginning a telephone call?
    call (up), ring, phone (v), dial
  • What words refer to ending a telephone call?
    hang up
  • What words refer to a person who works for the telephone company?
    operator
  • What words refer to problems with making a telephone call?
    busy signal, go dead, wrong number