close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
call option call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee, he was ejected for protesting the call |
call fire | fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit |
roll call | calling out an official list of names |
mail call | a call of names of those receiving mail |
muster call | a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly |
call | a visit in an official or professional capacity, the pastor's calls on his parishioners, the salesman's call on a customer |
call | a brief social visit, senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers, the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence |
call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff |
service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
cellular telephone cellular phone cellphone cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter receiver |
desk phone | a telephone set that sits on a desk or table |
dial telephone dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
earphone earpiece headphone phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds, it is held over or inserted into the ear, it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
extension telephone extension extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
pay-phone pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
telephone phone telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
telephone booth phone booth call box telephone box telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line phone line telephone circuit subscriber line line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone system phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
siren call siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous, he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness |
Call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course, he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call |
call phone call telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
call-back | a return call |
collect call | a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for |
call forwarding | lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct |
call-in | a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program |
call waiting | a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone |
crank call | a hostile telephone call (from a crank) |
local call | a telephone call made within a local calling area |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
toll call | a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate |
conference call | a telephone call in which more than two people participate |
wake-up call | a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels), she left a wake-up call for a.m. |
phone message telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
phonebook phone book telephone book telephone directory | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers |
phone number telephone number number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
phone bill telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
call | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed, Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed |
function call | a call that passes control to a subroutine, after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program |
system call supervisor call instruction | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor |
phone-in | a program in which the audience participates by telephone |
birdcall call birdsong song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird, a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age |