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dial tone

dial tone noun: a telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.

Noun

dial tone (plural dial tones)

  1. A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.
    • Are we jaded? Has living with AIDS become no big deal? Has AIDS had its "15 minutes?" We're over it. Goodbye. Click. Dial tone.1993 October, Robert Vazquez-Pachéco, “Have We Forgotten About AIDS?”, in Gay Community News, page 5
    Synonyms:
    dialling tone

dial tone meaning in Tamil

dial tone in Tamil

இயங்கொலி, முகப்புத்தொனி

Synonyms of dial tone

Forms of dial tone

pluraldial tones

Questions about dial tone

What does dial tone mean?
Dial tone means a telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.
What is dial tone in Tamil?
Dial tone in Tamil is இயங்கொலி, முகப்புத்தொனி. See Dial tone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dial tone?
Dial tone is a noun.
What is the plural of dial tone?
The plural of dial tone is dial tones.

Words near dial tone in the dictionary

  1. dial lock
  2. dial locks
  3. dial number
  4. dial numbers
  5. dial out
  6. dial tone
  7. dial tones
  8. dial towards
  9. dial up
  10. dial-a-date
  11. dial-a-dates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dial tone (page history and authors); dial tone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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