helpline

noun
/ˈhɛlpˌlaɪn/US

Etymology

From help + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as helpline — “help + line

Definitions

  1. A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which offers…

    A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which offers help to those who call, as either a public emergency service or customer service.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for helpline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA