Phone
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) 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"
(3) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
verb
(4) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
Noun
- A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Related terms
Noun
- phon (a unit of apparent loudness)