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[ US /ˈfoʊn/ ]
[ UK /fˈə‍ʊn/ ]

NOUN

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
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

VERB

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

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How To Use phone In A Sentence

Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie). Max Mutchnick: Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?
The report, which was based upon conversations with children who telephoned helplines, also claimed that the hidden problem of solvent abuse kills more children than drugs every year.
I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
A couple of phone calls, arranged by a deep-sea diver I came to know while working on a story on the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua, led me to an alternately boastful and paranoidly surreptitious man named Steve. The Lampshade
As you can see in the photo they're kind of smirking a bit 'cause I snapped their picture with my phonecam. Archive 2008-04-01
Use of a University-owned mobile telephone and mobile telephone airtime service is intended for official University business.
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She told the children to pipe down while she was talking on the telephone.
Can't you put a sock in it when I am on the phone?

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