Noun

• S: (n) telephone, phone, telephone set (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"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) telephone [Related to: telephone] (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"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) telephone (transmitting speech at a distance)
• W: (n) telephone (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"
• W: (n) telephoner (the person initiating a telephone call) "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
• Overview
• S: (n) telephone, phone, telephone set (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"
• S: (n) telephone, telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• domain term category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (v) call, telephone, call up, phone, ring (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"
• synset
• W: (v) phone [Related to: phone] (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"