[syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phone \Phone\, n. [Colloq. for Telephone.]
1. An instrument that converts sound into signals that can be
transmitted over distances and then converts received
signals back into sounds; a telephone; as, I talked to him
on the phone.
Syn: telephone, telephone set.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language. A speech sound.
Syn: speech sound, sound.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it
is held over or inserted into the ear.
Syn: earearpiece, headphone, phone.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
phone \phone\, v. t.
To get or try to get into communication with, using a
telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.
Syn: call, telephone, call up, ring.
[PJC]
E. T. phone home. --E. T. (the
movie)
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phone
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]
2: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
[syn: phone, speech sound, sound]
3: 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" [syn:
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone]
v 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,
telephone, call up, phone, ring]