Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
telephone call
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A telephone call is all it takes to summon one of our team of experts to your doorstep.
▪ Harriet prepared herself for the telephone call that must come from the headmaster.
▪ Not even a lousy telephone call.
▪ Some time ago I received a frantic telephone call from Carol, who had undergone successful hypnotic treatment about two years earlier.
▪ The first telephone call followed shortly thereafter.
Wiktionary
telephone call
n. 1 A connection established over a telephone network between two party. 2 The conversation held by the two parties on this connection.
WordNet
telephone call
n. 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" [syn: call, phone call]
Wikipedia
Telephone call
A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.
Usage examples of "telephone call".
Walter Thompson, she received a telephone call from Second Lieutenant Kenneth J.