phone
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(noun) (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
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Synonyms: sound, speech sound |
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Related Words: consonant, glide, language unit, linguistic unit, orinasal, orinasal phone, phoneme, semivowel, sonant, voiced sound, vowel, vowel sound |
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(noun) an instrument that converts sound into signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" |
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Synonyms: telephone, telephone set |
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Related Words: French telephone, dial phone, dial telephone, electronic equipment, extension, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, telephone extension, wireless telephone |
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(verb) get or try to get into communication by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" |
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Synonyms: call, call up, ring, telephone |
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Related Words: call in, telecommunicate |
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(noun) a device 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" |
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Synonyms: earphone, earpiece, headphone |
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Related Words: electro-acoustic transducer, receiver, telephone receiver |
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