call number

1. 1.

   a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location

   Synonymscall markpressmark

   Broadermark

Questions about call number

What does call number mean?

call number means "a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location".

What is another word for call number?

Close synonyms include call mark, pressmark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is call number a common word?

call number 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.