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phone
noun(phone)(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Synonyms: sound, speech sound,
phone
noun(phone)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.
phone
noun(phone)electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Examples:
It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked.