entry phone

English

Noun

entry phone (plural entry phones)

1. Alternative form of entryphone
   • 2010, Tania Carver, The Creeper:

     Her third-floor flat in the old Edwardian house had no entry phone or intercom system.

   • 2012, Annie Hauxwell, In Her Blood, page 122:

     There was the sound of buzzing, an entry phone maybe, then the lift doors droned.

   • 2013, Ava Gardner, Peter Evans, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations:

     I rang the entry phone and gave my name; the lock was released and I was told to go to the first floor, where her housekeeper, Carmen Vargas, met me and led the way to the drawing room.