hotline number

Emergency call digits

A hotline number is a phone number for reaching a service that handles urgent or specialized needs: a suicide hotline number, a customer service hotline number, a tip hotline number for reporting crimes.

The phrase is slightly redundant—hotline already implies a phone connection—but common in everyday use: I saved the crisis hotline number in my phone.

Opposites
urgency and directness

hotline numberpostal address

Where to send mail

written correspondence · voicemail · switchboard

accessibility/directness

hotline numbervoicemail system

Phone message recorder

unlisted number

Family

hotline, number, line, hotter, hottest, hotly, hotness, lines, lined

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G