1. A telephone call made outside the local calling area
   "I talked to her by long distance";
   - long-distance call, trunk call [Brit]

1. Covering a long distance
   "she ran off with a long-distance truck driver"; "a long-distance runner"; "a long-distance freight train"
    
2. Of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
   "a long-distance operator"; "a long-distance call"; "a long-distance transmission line"

Derived forms: long distances

See also: distant

Type of: call, phone call, telephone call

Encyclopedia: Long distance