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" Synonym(s):telephone, phone, telephone set
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language Synonym(s):phone, speech sound, sound
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" Synonym(s):earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
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" Synonym(s):call, telephone, call up, phone, ring