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1 phone

Pronounced:

/ˈfoʊn/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural phones

Meaning:

1 : telephone: such as a [noncount] : a system that uses wires and radio signals to send people's voices over long distances We spoke by phone earlier. The voice on the other end of the phone [=line] was familiar, but I couldn't place it. a phone bill/company/conversation I just have to make a quick phone call before we leave. You can order over the phone. [=by calling on the telephone] b [count] : a device that is connected to a telephone system and that you use to listen or speak to someone who is somewhere else The phone has been ringing all morning! He slammed the phone [=receiver] down and stormed out of the room. Our new phone is cordless. I left the phone off the hook.see pictures at office, telephone; see also cell phone, mobile phone, pay phone, wireless phone
2 phones [plural] : headphones
on the phone
1 : using a telephone to talk to someone Can you see who's at the door? I'm on the phone. I was on the phone with my sister until late last night.
2 Brit : connected to a telephone system How many households aren't on the phone?
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