area code

noun

: a usually 3-digit number that identifies a particular telephone service area in a country (such as the U.S. or Canada)

Examples of area code in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The annual regional event has been expanded to run for 18 days featuring exclusive deals and special events inspired by two Central Florida area codes, 321 and 407. —Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025

But 062 is Gwangju’s area code, and the beginning of the Gwangju Uprising was on May 18. —Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025

The new all-services overlay area code, 465, will be rolled out across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Marble Hill, the New York State Public Service Commission said in a statement on Thursday. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025

Customers who already have the current area codes as part of their phone numbers will not experience a change unless requesting new service, an additional line or a move in their service’s location. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for area code

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed

Kids Definition

area code

noun

: a usually three-digit number that represents each telephone service area in a country (as the U.S. or Canada)