Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phone"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phone
n 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" [syn: {telephone}, {telephone set}]
2: (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language [syn: {speech sound}, {sound}]
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"
[syn: {earphone}, {earpiece}, {headphone}]
v : 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" [syn: {call}, {telephone},
{call up}, {ring}]
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