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phone Definition

• (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
• (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"
• (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"

phone Synonyms

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