Phone
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.
- An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. A speech sound. (Phonetics)
- A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.
phone
v. t.
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To get or try to get into communication with, using a telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.
E. T. phone home.