dial telephone vs dial

dial telephone and dial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dial telephone	Yes	No	No	No
dial	Yes	No	Yes	No

dial telephone (noun)	dial (noun)
a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called	the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
	a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
	the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
	the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

dial telephone (verb)	dial (verb)
	choose by means of a dial
	operate a dial to select a telephone number