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Telephone
01
a communication device used for talking to people who are far away and also have a similar device
Examples
He needs to recharge his telephone battery.
She picked up the telephone to call her friend.
02
the part of the telephone that one holds, speaks into, and hears responses from
03
transmitting speech at a distance
to telephone
01
to communicate with someone using a telephone
Transitive: to telephone sb/sth
Examples
I 'll telephone you later to discuss the upcoming plans.
Before the meeting, she decided to telephone her colleague for additional details.
Lexical Tree
telephonic
telephonist
telephone
