phone (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: telephone , telephone set ]

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

    [ Syn: speech sound , sound ]

  3. 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

    [ Syn: earphone , earpiece , headphone ]

    phone (v.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: call , telephone , call up , ring ]

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