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Noun telephone has 2 senses
- 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:
- telephone, telephony - transmitting speech at a distance
--2 is a kind of telecommunication, telecom
--2 has particulars:
Verb telephone has 1 sense
- 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
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot telephone Sue
They telephone
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