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phone
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
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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”
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”
noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
“I tried to call you all night”
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it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
I talked to him on the telephone
I tried to call you all night
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
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