noun Download 🔗Share A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). Examples : "The car's speedometer dial showed a speed of 60 miles per hour. " technology electronics device machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A clock face. Examples : "The grandfather clock's intricate dial showed the time was almost midnight. " time device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sundial. Examples : "The old school building had a beautiful sundial in the courtyard. " time astronomy device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc. Examples : "My dad used the dial on the old radio to tune in to his favorite show. " electronics communication technology device machine signal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called. Examples : "To call his mother, he carefully turned the dial on the old rotary phone. " technology communication electronics machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person's face. Examples : "My brother's dial was flushed with embarrassment after he forgot his lines in the school play. " appearance body person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A miner's compass. Examples : "The geologist used his dial to find the direction of the underground vein. " technical device geology direction machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. Examples : "President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric." technology electronics communication machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone. Examples : "In an emergency dial 999." technology communication electronics device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use a dial or a telephone. Examples : "Please be careful when dialling." technology communication electronics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading