office phone

Meaning

The physical desk telephone system located in a workplace, used primarily for making and receiving professional and business-related calls.

Examples

• I am away from my desk, but you can reach me on my office phone later.

  I am away from my desk, but you can reach me on my office phone later.

• The office phone has been ringing constantly all morning.

  The office phone has been ringing constantly all morning.

• Could you please help me set up the voicemail on my new office phone?

  Could you please help me set up the voicemail on my new office phone?

• He forwarded his office phone to his mobile while working from home.

  He forwarded his office phone to his mobile while working from home.

• Is there a problem with the office phone system today?

  Is there a problem with the office phone system today?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Call me on my bureau telephone.

  ✓ Call me on my office phone.

  'Bureau' is a French loanword and is not used to describe physical office spaces or workplace phones in modern English.

• ✗ I left my office phone at home.

  ✓ I left my work phone at home.

  An 'office phone' is typically a physical landline desk phone that stays at the workplace. If you mean a mobile phone provided by your company, call it a 'work phone' or 'work mobile'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If I am not at my computer, you can call my ___.

  💡 The telephone sitting on your desk at work.

  Show answer

  office phone

• Please dial nine first to make an external call from the ___.

  💡 The workplace telephone system.

  Show answer

  office phone