phone

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Similar word(s): telephone

Definition categories: man–made

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

Similar word(s): sound

Definition categories: communication

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

Similar word(s): earphone, earpiece, headphone

Definition categories: man–made

verb

1. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Similar word(s): call, ring, telephone

Definition categories: communication, telecommunicate