English Explanatory Dictionary

touch-tone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.
noun
  1. A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit.
  2. A tone produced by such a telephone.

Word forms

touch-tone touchtone touch-tones

Etymology

From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960.

Related words

rotary dial
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