Definition of
dial has definitions from the field of electricity
1
[ verb ] operate a dial to select a telephone number

Examples

"You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial"

Used in print

(George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)

He dialed it and listened to it ring ten times before he hung_up .

Related terms

operate telephone

2
[ noun ] the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

Used in print

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

He looked at the luminous dial of his wrist_watch .

Related terms

face timepiece

3
[ noun ] the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

Related terms

control

4
[ verb ] choose by means of a dial

Examples

"dial a telephone number"

Related terms

choose

5
[ noun ] the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments

Related terms

indicator

6
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3088
7
[ noun ] (electricity) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

Synonyms

telephone_dial

Related terms

selector dial_telephone finger_hole

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Rhymes with

aisle denial lisle vial rial trial mistrial pretrial retrial sundial mistrial crocodile

Phonetic and Homophones

D AY1 L Deihl
D AY1 AH0 L Dyal

Similar Spelling

diol dill Diel Dille Diley Dileo Diehl Dillow Dilley

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