rotary dial



rotary dial

The disk on a rotary telephone that is turned to dial a phone number. I hated having to use a rotary dial as a kid—it's so much easier to dial a phone number by pressing buttons.
See also: dial

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yeong-Suyung-sooKorean
Ellis (2)EL-isWelsh
Oral-English (Rare)
Vera['viərə]
&Aelig;Bbe-Anglo-Saxon
AlgarAL-garEnglish (Rare)