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telephone ring

telephone ring noun: a ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.

Noun

telephone ring (plural telephone rings)

  1. A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.
    • The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of telephone ring

pluraltelephone rings

Questions about telephone ring

What does telephone ring mean?
Telephone ring means a ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.
What part of speech is telephone ring?
Telephone ring is a noun.
What is the plural of telephone ring?
The plural of telephone ring is telephone rings.

Words near telephone ring in the dictionary

  1. telephone numbers
  2. telephone operator
  3. telephone operators
  4. telephone pole
  5. telephone poles
  6. telephone ring
  7. telephone rings
  8. telephone scatologia
  9. telephone sex
  10. telephone shower
  11. telephone showers

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