call-back

1. 1.

   a return call

   Broadercall
2. 2.

   the recall of an employee after a layoff

   Broaderemployment

Questions about call-back

What does call-back mean?

call-back means "a return call". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in call-back?

call-back has 2 syllables: call--back. The stress falls on "call-".

Is call-back a common word?

call-back is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.