call number
nounDefinition of call number
: a combination of characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf
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The call number on the card matched a number written on the spine of each book. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "How the Humble Index Card Foresaw the Internet," 11 Feb. 2016 Decimal points divided different sections of the call number. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "How the Humble Index Card Foresaw the Internet," 11 Feb. 2016 This goes on for two months, until the women get hold of a Kurdistan phone book and start calling numbers at random. — Deborah Campbell, New York Times, "Like a Schindler for Iraq, This Unlikely War Hero Freed Women From ISIS," 27 Apr. 2018 Members pay a small fee and are given an on-call number staffed by a volunteer. — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, "Doris B. Steinberg, 87, founder of East Falls Village to help seniors," 21 Dec. 2017 The callers also are cold-calling numbers in various cities. — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, "FBI: Hang up if you get a call from a woman screaming for help," 17 Oct. 2017 While those law-abiding companies avoid calling numbers on the registry, Diane and her ilk blithely ignore the rules. — Jo Craven Mcginty, WSJ, "Phoning It In: Unwanted Calls Are No. 1 Complaint With FTC," 8 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'call number.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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