Word

telephone, n.
(telephones)
freq. cnt. 19

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 13

phone telephone telephone set

sample sentences

"I talked to him on the telephone"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

telephone

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

phone

semantic pointers

hyponym

desk phone dial telephone, dial phone extension, telephone extension, extension phone handset, French telephone pay-phone, pay-station radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone speakerphone

hypernym

electronic equipment

part meronym

mouthpiece receiver, telephone receiver

part holonym

telephone system, phone system

transmitting speech at a distance
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

telephone telephony

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

telephone

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

telephonic telephonist

semantic pointers

hypernym

telecommunication, telecom

hyponym

voice mail, voicemail call, telephone call, phone call call forwarding call waiting

member of this domain (topic)

call, telephone, phone, call up, ring cell phone call in dial hold on, hang on, hold the line