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noun

Phone n.

An instrument that converts sound into signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; a telephone; as, I talked to him on the phone.

Synonyms: telephone, telephone set.

(Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. A speech sound.

Synonyms: speech sound, sound.

A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.

Synonyms: earearpiece, headphone, phone.

verb

phone v. t. To get or try to get into communication with, using a telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.

Synonyms: call, telephone, call up, ring. "E. T. phone home."

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Etymology of 'Phone'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City • Laura Lee Hope

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— The Kingdom Round the Corner - A Novel • Coningsby Dawson

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— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

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— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve

... Cairo—only been telephoned to—and she was not prepared for the fact that the telephone company was French. At the phone girl's "Numero?—Quel numero, s'il vous plait?" Jinny hastily choked back the English response and ...

— The Fortieth Door • Mary Hastings Bradley

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