Phone (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
(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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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- Extension
- Radiotelephone
- Desk Phone
- Pay-phone
- Extension Phone
- Wireless Telephone
- Speakerphone
- Dial Telephone
- Handset