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phone

Letters that make phone

o, e, n, p, h are letters that make 'phone'

Words within phone

hone, pH, phon, one, on, NE, Ho, Ne are words within 'phone'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of phone

phoned, phones, phoney, phoner are words created by adding a letter to 'phone'

phone is a 5 letter word ending with e
phone is a 5 letter word starting with p

4 possible definitions for 'phone'

Phone as "electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds"

Under this definition, phone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

telephone, telephone set have the same meaning as 'phone'

phone as a type

'phone' can be a type of electronic equipment.

Types of phone

desk phone, dial telephone, dial phone, telephone extension, extension phone, French telephone, pay-phone, pay-station, radiotelephone, radiophone, extension, handset, wireless telephone, speakerphone are types of 'phone'.

phone as a part

'phone' can be a part of telephone system, phone system.

Parts of phone

mouthpiece, telephone receiver, receiver are parts of 'phone'.

Derivatives of phone

ring, phone, telephone, call up, call are derivatives of 'phone'.

Example of phone used within this context

"I talked to him on the telephone"

Phone as "electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds, it is held over or inserted into the ear"

Under this definition, phone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

earphone, earpiece, headphone have the same meaning as 'phone'

phone as a type

'phone' can be a type of electro-acoustic transducer.

Types of phone

earplug, receiver, telephone receiver are types of 'phone'.

Example of phone used within this context

"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

Phone as "(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language"

Under this definition, phone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sound, speech sound have the same meaning as 'phone'

phone as a type

'phone' can be a type of linguistic unit, language unit.

Types of phone

glide, sonant, orinasal phone, consonant, phoneme, vowel, vowel sound, semivowel, orinasal, voiced sound are types of 'phone'.

phone as a part

'phone' can be a part of utterance, vocalization.

phone as a category

'phone' can be a category of phonetics.

Derivatives of phone

phonic, vocalize, vocalise, phonate, sound, voice, phonetic are derivatives of 'phone'.

Phone as "get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone"

Under this definition, phone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ring, telephone, call up, call have the same meaning as 'phone'

phone as a type

'phone' can be a type of telecommunicate.

Types of phone

cell phone, call in are types of 'phone'.

phone as a category

'phone' can be a category of telephone, telephony.

Derivatives of phone

phone, telephone, telephone set, caller-up, phoner, telephoner, call, ring, ringing, caller, telephony, phone call, telephone call, tintinnabulation are derivatives of 'phone'.

Verb groups of phone

call is a verb group of phone.

Entailments to phone

dial is an entailment to 'phone'.