call
noun [C] (PHONE) /kɔːl/
/kɑːl/ Definition
A2 the act of using the phone: I got a call from an old college friend last night. If there are any calls for me, could you write them down next to the phone? I've just got a couple of calls to make. That decorator you called about painting the house - did he ever return your call? The radio station received a lot of calls complaining about the show's bad language. Before six o'clock, calls are charged at peak rate.Communicating by telephone
(Definition of call noun (PHONE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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