PHONE

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : earphone , earpiece , headphone

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : telephone , telephone set

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

  synonyms : sound , speech sound

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : call , call up , ring , telephone

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