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noun

1. A telephone that operates by means of a landline

   "… the phone is in the front hall; this is an old-fashioned house …"

2. Cell phone

   "… Dick got a call on his cell phone. Roxy grabbed the phone and answered."

3. A device that converts electrical energy into sound waves and is worn over or inserted into the ear earphone, headphone

   "The morning the "Smoking Gun" tape was played, tickets were so scarce that one couple from Kansas City, Mo., doubled up on earphones, she listening to the left, he to the right phone."

verb

1. Telephone

noun

1. A speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language

noun combining form

1. Sound-transmitting device

   "microphone"

2. Musical instrument

   "xylophone"

3. Speech sound

   "homophone"

4. Speaker of (a specified language)

   "Francophone"

5. sound-transmitting device
6. musical instrument
7. speech sound : symbol representing a speech sound

adjective combining form

1. Of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language)

   "Francophone"

noun

1. A prepaid card used to pay for the phone calls one makes

noun

1. A call-in show (as on radio)

noun

1. Prerecorded sex-oriented telephone messages available to those who call a commercial service
2. Sex-oriented telephone conversations (as with an operator employed by a commercial service or with a lover)

noun

1. Telephone tag

noun

1. A book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area