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area code
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
area code
noun
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▪ And the area code showed it was in Dusseldorf - 70 miles away.
▪ Beginning tomorrow, you have to deal with area code 760.
▪ It suggested dialing 10-321 before 1 and the area code.
▪ Prefix changes Telephone customers with these prefixes have been switched to the new 760 area code.
▪ Public meetings will be held in San Diego in November to discuss possible boundaries for the next 619 area code split.
▪ The full name and address to which the account must be paid and also its telephone number complete with area code.
Wiktionary
area code

n. A prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area.

WordNet
area code

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

Usage examples of "area code".

You dial `9' for an outside line, then dial the country code and area code, then the local number.

He picked up the phone, dialled the 202 area code for Washington, and waited for the hoarse manager of The Three Bears motel to come on the line.

Every cell phone had both an ESN (the electronic serial number, which was secret) and an MIN (the mobile identification number - the area code and seven-digit number of the phone itself).

But the three-digit exchanges, after the area code, look familiar to Randy, and he recognizes them as gateways into a forwarding service, popular among the highly mobile, that will bounce your voice mail, faxes, etc.

Signals passed four different unlisted numbers with a Beltway area code and a master number, in case they were disconnected.