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phone
(f/oU/n )

noun (n)

  • electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    I talked to him on the telephone.
    Synonym:
    telephone, telephone set
    source: wordnet30
  • (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    sound, speech sound
    source: wordnet30
  • electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked.
    Synonym:
    earphone, earpiece, headphone
    source: wordnet30
  • Colloq. for Telephone.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    call, call up, ring, telephone
    source: wordnet30

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