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phone

/foʊn/

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noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
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Similar:

sound speech sound

type of:
linguistic unit language unit

part of:
vocalization utterance
noun
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
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"I talked to him on the telephone"

Similar:

telephone telephone set

type of:
electronic equipment

part of:
phone system telephone system
noun
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
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"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

Similar:

earphone earpiece headphone

type of:
electro-acoustic transducer
verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
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Similar:

call call up ring telephone

type of:
telecommunicate

Examples of phone

"I talked to him on the telephone"
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"