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| 1. | [ noun ] (electronics,telecommunications) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | |
| Synonyms: | telephone telephone_set | |
| Examples: | "I talked to him on the telephone" |
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| Related terms: | electronic_equipment desk_phone radiotelephone speakerphone extension pay-phone dial_telephone telephone_extension handset telephone_system telephone_receiver mouthpiece | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (telecommunications) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | |
| Synonyms: | call telephone ring call_up | |
| Examples: | "I tried to call you all night" "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" |
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| Related terms: | telecommunicate call_in cell_phone call telephone call telephone caller dial | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | |
| Synonyms: | sound speech_sound | |
| Related terms: | language_unit consonant vowel phoneme sonant orinasal_phone semivowel utterance phonetics sound phonate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (physics) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | |
| Synonyms: | earphone headphone earpiece | |
| Examples: | "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" |
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| Related terms: | electro-acoustic_transducer telephone_receiver | |
| Similar spelling: |
phoney phon Phinney Phan phony Phann pone |
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