phone /foʊn/
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"
synset: telephone, phone, telephone_set
2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
synset: phone, 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"
synset: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
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"
synset: call, telephone, call_up, phone, ring
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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