area code

1. 1.

   a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada

   Broadercode

Questions about area code

What does area code mean?

area code means "a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada".

Is area code a common word?

area code is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.