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phone tree

phone tree noun: an interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.

Noun

phone tree (plural phone trees)

  1. An interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.
  2. Synonym of call tree.
    Synonyms:
    call tree

Synonyms of phone tree

Forms of phone tree

pluralphone trees

Questions about phone tree

What does phone tree mean?
Phone tree means an interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.
What part of speech is phone tree?
Phone tree is a noun.
What is the plural of phone tree?
The plural of phone tree is phone trees.

Words near phone tree in the dictionary

  1. phone numbers
  2. phone sex
  3. phone survey
  4. phone surveys
  5. phone tag
  6. phone tree
  7. phone trees
  8. phone up
  9. phone zombie
  10. phone zombies
  11. phone-bank

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