- call, phone call, telephone call - a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
--1 is a kind of telephone, telephony
--1 has particulars:call-back; collect call; call-in; crank call; local call; long-distance, long-distance call, trunk call; conference call; wake-up call