Telephone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
  • v. To speak with (a person) by telephone.
  • v. To initiate or make a telephone connection with; place a call to.
  • v. To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in communication by telephone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).
  • v. To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
  • v. To convey or announce by telephone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n
  • An interurban telephone system.
  • n. An instrument or apparatus for the transmission of sound to a distant point.
  • To communicate by telephone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • n. transmitting speech at a distance
  • n. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
  • Verb Form
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    Words with the same meaning
    phone    blower    ring    call    drop a line   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    phone    radio-    computer    telegraph    communication    monitor    cable    terminal    receiver    equipment