dial
🇺🇸
/ˈdaɪəl/
🇬🇧
/ˈdaɪəl/
noun
R
The round face on a clock, watch, or machine that shows numbers or settings.
Turn the dial to set the oven temperature.
R
A round control that you turn to change settings on a radio, stove, or other device.
Adjust the dial to find your favorite radio station.
R
The round part on old phones with holes for fingers, used to enter numbers.
On old phones, you had to rotate the dial to call someone.
verb
R
To call a phone number by pressing buttons or turning a dial.
Dial 911 in an emergency.
translation
The round face on a clock, watch, or machine that shows numbers or settings.; A round control that you turn to change settings on a radio, stove, or other device.; The round part on old phones with holes for fingers, used to enter numbers.
To call a phone number by pressing buttons or turning a dial.
Word Forms
Plural
dials
Perfect
dialed
Progressive
dialing
Past
dialed
3rd Present
dials