Noun
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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"
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(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- speech sound -
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"
- telephone set
Verb
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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"
- call up