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Phone   /foʊn/   Listen
Phone

noun
1.
Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.  Synonyms: telephone, telephone set.
2.
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.  Synonyms: sound, speech sound.
3.
Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.  Synonyms: earphone, earpiece, headphone.
verb
1.
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.  Synonyms: call, call up, ring, telephone.  "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"



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"Phone" Quotes from Famous Books



... I took jus' now! Talked to old Sudden over the 'phone, stalling along like I was the kid. Got away with it, at that. I'd like to ...
— Skyrider • B. M. Bower

... one, anyhow. Bill, 'phone the chief that one of 'em got away. Have 'em send the wagon. This kid here ...
— The Ridin' Kid from Powder River • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... said, putting the phone down again. "Are you going to duck out just like that? Remember, Dr. Harris, we've got to evacuate the city first of all! No matter whether it's a real egg or not—we can't take the chance on it's ...
— One-Shot • James Benjamin Blish

... operations at the hospital, a steady stream at the office, and a twenty-mile ride over the hills. Got back in the evening pretty well worn out. Tumbled into bed at two minutes of eleven, and was asleep before the clock struck. The 'phone-bell at my bedside awoke me. I let it go on for a minute. Hadn't energy enough to get up. It rang and rang. Out ...
— 'Charge It' - Keeping Up With Harry • Irving Bacheller

... unholy light of vindictive triumph in Healy's face. "We'll show you about that, Miss Missouri. Get the boys together, Cuffs. Call up Purdy and Jim Budd and Tom Dixon on the phone. Rustle up as many of the boys as you can. Start 'em for the Pass just as soon as they get here. I'm going right up there now. Probably I can't stop them, but I may make out who they are. Notify Buck Weaver, so he can head them off if they try to cross the Malpais. And get a move on ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine


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