Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
- Example: "I talked to him on the telephone"[syn: telephone, phone, telephone set]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
telephone set
n 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: telephone, phone,
telephone set]