phone
Nouns
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(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
- (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,
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(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
Verbs
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(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
Synonyms
telephone telephone set call up call ring speech sound sound earphone earpiece headphoneWords of close approximity
phone bill
phonebook
phone book
phone booth
phone call
phone card
phone company
phone cord
phone-in
phone jack
phone line
phoneme
phone message
phonemic
phonemics
phonemic system
phone number
phone plug
phoner
phone service
phone system
phone tapper
phonetic
phonetically
phonetic alphabet
phonetician
phonetics
phonetic symbol
phonetic transcription
phoney