nnoun.artifactelectronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into soundsSynset:telephone telephone set
Examples:- I talked to him on the telephone
Derivationally Related Form:phonetelephone
Part Holonyms:phone system telephone system
Hypernyms:electronic equipment
Inherited Hypernyms:telephoneelectronic equipmentequipmentinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:French telephonedesk phonedial phonedial telephoneextensionextension phonehandsetpay-phonepay-stationradiophoneradiotelephonespeakerphonetelephone extensionwireless telephone
Part Meronyms:mouthpiece receiver telephone receiver
Full Hyponyms:cellular telephonedesk phonedial telephoneextensionhandsetpay-phoneradiotelephonespeakerphone
nnoun.communication(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some languageTopic:phonetics
Synset:sound speech sound
Derivationally Related Form:phoneticsoundphonatephonic
Part Holonyms:utterance vocalization
Hypernyms:language unit linguistic unit
Inherited Hypernyms:phonelanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:consonantglideorinasalorinasal phonephonemesemivowelsonantvoiced soundvowelvowel sound
Full Hyponyms:ablautaffricateallophonealveolar consonantaspiratebilabialconsonantcontinuant consonantdiphthongfricative consonantgeminateglottal stopgradegutturallabial consonantlabial stoplabiodental consonantlingualliquidmurmur vowelnasal consonantobstruentorinasal phonepalatalphonemeschwasemivowelsibilantsonantstem vowelstop consonantsuction stopsurdvelarvowel
nnoun.artifactelectro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the earSynset:earphone earpiece headphone
Examples:- it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
Hypernyms:electro-acoustic transducer
Inherited Hypernyms:earphoneelectro-acoustic transducertransducerelectrical devicedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:earplugreceivertelephone receiver
Full Hyponyms:earplugheadsettelephone receiver
vverb.communicationget or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephoneTopic:telephonetelephony
Synset:call call up ring telephone
Examples:- I tried to call you all night
- Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Derivationally Related Form:phonephonercallerringcalltelephonetelephoner
Hypernyms:telecommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:calltelecommunicatecommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:call incell phone
Entailment:dial
Full Troponyms:call incell phone
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | They --- (apply to: call up, phone, ring, call, telephone) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: call up, phone, ring, call, telephone)