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all-figure number

all-figure number noun: a telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.

Noun

all-figure number (plural all-figure numbers)

  1. (UK, historical) A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
    Synonyms:
    AFN

Synonyms of all-figure number

Forms of all-figure number

pluralall-figure numbers

Questions about all-figure number

What does all-figure number mean?
All-figure number means a telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
What part of speech is all-figure number?
All-figure number is a noun.
What is the plural of all-figure number?
The plural of all-figure number is all-figure numbers.

Words near all-figure number in the dictionary

  1. all-expense
  2. all-expenses-paid
  3. All-Father
  4. All-Fathers
  5. all-female
  6. all-figure number
  7. all-figure numbers
  8. all-fire
  9. all-fired
  10. all-firedly
  11. all-fours

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