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phone

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phone in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    call  telephone  call up  phone  ring 
noun
  1. 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"
    earphone  earpiece  headphone  phone 
  2. 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"
    telephone  phone  telephone set 
  3. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    phone  speech sound  sound 
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phone in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
  3. (noun) (linguistics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
  4. (noun) (context/TV/radio) A show requiring member of the public/members of the public to telephone the studio.
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