area code

Noun

Meaning

a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dialling code code exchange prefix phone book postal code call sign call letters region code code number post code numbering plan area out to achieve regional code regional indicative
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Hypernyms

code

Examples

To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage. Henry Rollins

Destiny had a 518 area code..who knew." - Ehlena. J.R. Ward

After giving the program an area code and 3 digit prefix, the program then serially dialed every phone number in that prefix in order, recording which phone numbers were answered by a computer modem. Source: Internet

Calls from Trinidad and Tobago to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code. Source: Internet

A plan in 2001 to introduce a third overlay code to both service areas ( area code 445 to 215, area code 835 to 610) was delayed and later rescinded. Source: Internet

Calls from the British Virgin Islands to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

area car area chart area clear area code rule area concerned area control center