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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Phone:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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