A small bell, installed in a telephone, which rings to announce incoming calls.

(nautical) A device used by the pilot in the bridge to communicate the desired speed of the engines to the people manning the engine room.

A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.

plural of telephone ring

(often derogatory) Characteristic of the Italian genre of film called white telephone; suggesting consequence-free lives of privilege.

(derogatory) Italian light-comedy and melodramatic films from the Fascist period.

(often derogatory) Characteristic of the Italian genre of film, white telephone; a sense of consequence-free lives of privilege.

A television format in which guests are deliberately tricked into embarrassing or upsetting confrontations.

(broadcasting) Conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.

(uncountable) The broadcasting and receiving of television services via analog signals. / (countable) A television set that is capable of handling such signals.