phone

Nouns

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

Verbs

  • (v) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
    • I tried to call you all night
    • Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
    telephone, call up, call, ring,

Synonyms

telephone telephone set call up call ring speech sound sound earphone earpiece headphone

Words of close approximity

phony
phon phot
Phoca phony photo
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