telephone ring
Alert from caller
A telephone ring is the sound a phone makes to signal an incoming call.
Traditional landlines produced an actual ringing from a bell mechanism; modern phones simulate this with electronic tones or customizable ringtones.
I heard the telephone ring from across the house.
The phrase can function as noun or verb depending on context.
- answerSolution to query
- ringtonePhone's incoming call sound
- callContact by phone
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- party lineOfficial political position
middle of the night · alert · bell · ringback · pager · signal · screening calls · jingle · voicemail · urgency · answering machine · surprise · dial · wake-up call · pick up · incoming call · trill · sound
telephone ringsilent mode
Phone's soundless setting
silence · vibrate · mute · phone silence · buzz
telephone ringsilence
Total lack of sound
dead phone · phone silence · missed call · dial tone · busy signal
telephone ringdial tone
Sound indicating phone readiness
hang up · dialing · outgoing call · busy signal · end call
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