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Definition of Phone
1. Verb. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. "They phone "; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
Exact synonyms: Call, Call Up, Ring, Telephone
Category relationships: Telephone, Telephony
Specialized synonyms: Cell Phone, Call In
Entails: Dial
Generic synonyms: Telecommunicate
Related verbs: Call
Derivative terms: Call, Caller, Phoner, Ring, Telephone, Telephone, Telephoner
Category relationships: Telephone, Telephony
Specialized synonyms: Cell Phone, Call In
Entails: Dial
Generic synonyms: Telecommunicate
Related verbs: Call
Derivative terms: Call, Caller, Phoner, Ring, Telephone, Telephone, Telephoner
2. 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"
Exact synonyms: Telephone, Telephone Set
Specialized synonyms: Desk Phone, Dial Phone, Dial Telephone, Extension, Extension Phone, Telephone Extension, French Telephone, Handset, Pay-phone, Pay-station, Radiophone, Radiotelephone, Wireless Telephone, Speakerphone
Generic synonyms: Electronic Equipment
Terms within: Mouthpiece, Receiver, Telephone Receiver
Group relationships: Phone System, Telephone System
Derivative terms: Telephone
Specialized synonyms: Desk Phone, Dial Phone, Dial Telephone, Extension, Extension Phone, Telephone Extension, French Telephone, Handset, Pay-phone, Pay-station, Radiophone, Radiotelephone, Wireless Telephone, Speakerphone
Generic synonyms: Electronic Equipment
Terms within: Mouthpiece, Receiver, Telephone Receiver
Group relationships: Phone System, Telephone System
Derivative terms: Telephone
3. Noun. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
Exact synonyms: Sound, Speech Sound
Category relationships: Phonetics
Generic synonyms: Language Unit, Linguistic Unit
Group relationships: Utterance, Vocalization
Specialized synonyms: Phoneme, Vowel, Vowel Sound, Glide, Semivowel, Consonant, Orinasal, Orinasal Phone, Sonant, Voiced Sound
Derivative terms: Phonate, Phonetic, Phonetic, Phonic, Phonic, Sound, Sound
Category relationships: Phonetics
Generic synonyms: Language Unit, Linguistic Unit
Group relationships: Utterance, Vocalization
Specialized synonyms: Phoneme, Vowel, Vowel Sound, Glide, Semivowel, Consonant, Orinasal, Orinasal Phone, Sonant, Voiced Sound
Derivative terms: Phonate, Phonetic, Phonetic, Phonic, Phonic, Sound, Sound
4. 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"
Exact synonyms: Earphone, Earpiece, Headphone
Specialized synonyms: Earplug, Receiver, Telephone Receiver
Generic synonyms: Electro-acoustic Transducer
Specialized synonyms: Earplug, Receiver, Telephone Receiver
Generic synonyms: Electro-acoustic Transducer
Definition of Phone
1. n. & v. t. Colloq. for Telephone.
Definition of Phone
1. Noun. A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone. ¹
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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phone
1. to telephone [v PHONED, PHONING, PHONES] - See also: telephone