- telephone (def. 1).
- a portable electronic telephone device, as a cell phone, mobile phone, or smartphone.
- to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone.
- to send (a message) by telephone.
- to send a message by telephone.
- a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”
- a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone).
- short for telephone
- a single uncomplicated speech sound
- indicating voice, sound, or a device giving off sound
- (a person) speaking a particular language
