telephone number

noun

: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone

called also phone number

Examples of telephone number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The story started in January 2022, when Twitter, as it was then, learned of a vulnerability through its bug bounty program that could enable an attacker to access data relating to platform users just by knowing an email address or telephone number. —Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. —Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025

Back in 2013, hackers compromised 3 billion Yahoo accounts, stealing names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and other data. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025

But that’s not all; there are also cardholder details such as their full name, address, date of birth and telephone number as well as email address. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telephone number

• cumber
• lumber
• slumber
• umber
• encumber
• outnumber
• renumber