phone
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