touch-tone

Meanings

Adjective

  • Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.

Noun

  • A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit.
  • A tone produced by such a telephone.

Origin

  • From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960.

Modern English dictionary

Explore and search massive catalog of over 900,000 word meanings.

Word of the Day

Get a curated memorable word every day.

Challenge yourself

Level up your vocabulary by setting personal goals.

And much more

Try out Vedaist now.