Dictionary Check: phone
"phone" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
Example:
"I talked to him on the telephone"
noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
noun
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Example:
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Example:
"I tried to call you all night"
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