phone
nounHow to pronounce phone:
Definition of phone:
- phone (noun):
- such as
- a telephone call
- electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.
- a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers (see receiver sense d(1)) telephone
Synonyms for phone:
blackberry
blower
camera phone
cellphone or cellular phone
desk phone
dial phone
dial telephone
dog and bone
earphone
earpiece
electronic equipment
extension
extension phone
french telephone
handset
headphone
iphone
landline
mobile (phone)
pay-phone
pay-station
phone system
picture phone
radiophone
radiotelephone
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