all-figure number
all-figure number · all-figure numbers
A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace…A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, historical)A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
Forms
plural: all-figure numbers| Singular | all-figure number |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsAFN
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.