Defenition of the word telephone

• Defenition of the word telephone

  • An electronic device used for calling people.
  • To contact someone using the telephone.
  • To speak with a person by telephone.
  • get or try to get into communication by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • an instrument that converts sound into signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
  • transmitting speech at a distance
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Synonyms for the word telephone

• • call
  • call up
  • car phone
  • cell phone
  • cellular phone
  • give a buzz
  • give a call
  • handset
  • make a call
  • phone
  • phone booth
  • receiver
  • ring
  • telephone set
  • telephony
  • touchtone phone

Similar words in the telephone

• • telephone
  • telephone's
  • telephoned

Meronymys for the word telephone

• • mouthpiece
  • phone system
  • receiver
  • telephone receiver
  • telephone system

Hyponyms for the word telephone

• • call
  • call forwarding
  • call in
  • call waiting
  • cell phone
  • desk phone
  • dial phone
  • dial telephone
  • extension
  • extension phone
  • French telephone
  • handset
  • pay-phone
  • pay-station
  • phone call
  • radiophone
  • radiotelephone
  • speakerphone
  • telephone call
  • telephone extension
  • voice mail
  • voicemail
  • wireless telephone

Hypernyms for the word telephone

• • electronic equipment
  • telecom
  • telecommunicate
  • telecommunication

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