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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- telephone
- ['tεlɪ,fəυn]
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telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset
- 2. ( as modifier )
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a worldwide system of communications using telephones. The microphone in one telephone converts sound waves into electrical signals that are transmitted along a telephone wire or by radio to one or more distant sets, the receivers of which reconvert the incoming signal into the original sound
- 4. ( as modifier )
- 5.
See telephone box
- 6. to call or talk...
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Examples (1-5 of 11)
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a telephone box or callbox
→ box
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she'd telephone if she could
→ could
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the telephone jangled
→ jangle
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next, he started to unscrew the telephone receiver
→ next
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a telephone number
→ number