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.