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telephone

 
Noun telephone has 2 senses
  1. telephone, phone, telephone set - 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"
    --1 is a kind of electronic equipment
    --1 is a part of telephone system, phone system
    --1 has parts: mouthpiece; telephone receiver, receiver
    --1 has particulars:
     desk phone; dial telephone, dial phone; extension, telephone extension, extension phone; handset, French telephone; pay-phone, pay-station; radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone; speakerphone
    Derived form: verb telephone1
  2. telephone, telephony - transmitting speech at a distance
    --2 is a kind of telecommunication, telecom
    --2 has particulars:
     call, phone call, telephone call; call forwarding; call waiting
    Derived form: verb telephone1
Verb telephone has 1 sense
  1. call, telephone, call up, phone, ring - 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"
    --1 is one way to telecommunicate
    Derived forms: noun telephone2, noun telephone1, noun telephoner1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam cannot telephone Sue
    They telephone
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