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phone is the dictionary form of PHONE'S Definition of phone
phone has definitions from the fields of physics,electronics,telecommunications,linguistics,phonetics
1
[ noun ] (electronics,telecommunications) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Synonyms

telephone telephone_set

Examples

"I talked to him on the telephone"

2
[ verb ] (telecommunications) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Synonyms

call telephone ring call_up

Examples

"I tried to call you all night" "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Synonyms

sound speech_sound

4
[ noun ] (physics) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

Synonyms

earphone headphone earpiece

Examples

"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

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Rhymes with

phones loans' cone's loans bones loan's jones jones' stone's stones' crossbones

Phonetic and Homophones

F OW1 N Z

Similar Spelling

phonics Phinisee Phung Phong

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