plural of telephone desk

A very small desk for writing notes while speaking on the telephone, and in some cases to support the telephone or hold telephone books.

plural of telephone-bell

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

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.

plural of white telephone