rotary phone
Circular dialing device
A rotary phone is a telephone with a circular dial for entering numbers.
Users placed a finger in the hole corresponding to each digit, rotated the dial clockwise to a metal stop, then released it to register the number.
The technology dominated telephone design from the 1920s through the 1970s before push-button phones replaced them.
My grandmother still has a rotary phone in her hallway.
One who works machinery
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- party lineOfficial political position
- long-distanceAcross great distances
busy signal · engaged tone · area code · directory · extension · landline · corded · toll call
Hollow resonating instrument
- ringerImpostor in competition
- cradleRocking bed for infants
- switchhookPhone disconnection mechanism
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
handset · coil · contacts · wiring · electromechanical · induction · transducer · gears
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- voiceSound from throat
- lineContinuous mark or queue
connection · ring · answer · hang up · hold · dial tone · wrong number · message
Forming a closed curve
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- turnRotational movement
- clickBrief sharp noise
- pulseArterial blood throb
holes · numbered · wheel · mechanism · motion · sequence · index · plastic
Evoking recent past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- classicOf lasting excellence
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
memories · bygone · yesteryear · heirloom · collectible · relic · throwback · sentimental
operator
One who works machinery
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- party lineOfficial political position
long-distance · busy signal · engaged tone · area code · directory · extension · landline · corded · toll call · collect call
bell
Hollow resonating instrument
- ringerImpostor in competition
- cradleRocking bed for infants
- switchhookPhone disconnection mechanism
receiver · handset · coil · contacts · wiring · electromechanical · induction · transducer · gears · spring
call
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- voiceSound from throat
line · connection · ring · answer · hang up · hold · dial tone · wrong number · message · chat
circular
Forming a closed curve
pulse · holes · numbered · wheel · mechanism · motion · sequence · index · plastic · metal
retro
Evoking recent past
old-fashioned · memories · bygone · yesteryear · heirloom · collectible · relic · throwback · sentimental · childhood
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- midcentury technologytransistor radio, color TV, tape recorder, record player, hi-fi
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
- phonescellphone, smartphone, speakerphone, softphone
- Retro ItemsVHS tape, cassette tape, record player, Walkman, floppy disk
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Handheld connected computer
iPhone · digital phone · new · cellular · modern
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Portable wireless communicator
mobile phone · cellular phone · cellular · smartphone · cordless phone
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