Telephone :  (noun)
1: 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" [syn: phone, telephone set]
2: transmitting speech at a distance [syn: telephony] (verb)

1: 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" [syn: call, call up, phone, ring] ... ( more )

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blower, buzz, call, call box, call up, carbon telephone, coin telephone, desk telephone, dial, dial telephone, extension, give a ring, handset, hang up, hold the phone, horn, listen in, make a call, mouthpiece, pay station, phone, public telephone, push-button telephone, radiotelephone, receiver, ring, ring off, ring up, telephone booth, telephone engineering, telephone extension, telephone mechanics, telephone receiver, telephonics, telephony, transmitter, wall telephone, wireless telephone,