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]