dial
dial is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.
- noun. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.
- noun. A miner's compass.
- transitive verb. To measure with a dial.
- transitive verb. To survey with a dial.
- noun. the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
- noun. a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
- noun. the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
- noun. the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
- verb. choose by means of a dial
"dial a telephone number"
- verb. operate a dial to select a telephone number
"You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dial:
Common word forms
dials, dialed, dialer, dialing
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