Telephone

What do we mean by telephone?

An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals. noun

To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to. intransitive verb

To dial (a telephone number). intransitive verb

To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone. intransitive verb

To engage in communication by telephone. intransitive verb

N

An interurban telephone system.

To communicate by telephone.

An instrument or apparatus for the transmission of sound to a distant point. noun

To convey or announce by telephone. transitive verb

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. noun

An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone). noun

To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone. verb

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone verb

Transmitting speech at a distance noun

Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds noun

A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

The game of Chinese whispers.

A popular IRL chat client of the 20th century. Urban Dictionary

A game children play when you describe an item and each child in a line add to the description of that item to see how outrageous it gets by the end, also what nosey adults do with information to make someone look bad by adding untruthful information (exaggerating) Urban Dictionary

1) n. An antiquaited communication device with a handset for listening and speaking into, either directly connected by multi-strand wire or with a battery and transmitter to a base receiver, either type also tethered to the wall and connected to an external line out to the ethernet or phone system. 2) n. The defining communication method of the 20th century, connecting people around the planet, and ending isolation anywhere in the world. Urban Dictionary

To place one's scrotum into the mouth of another individual (i.e. tea-bagging)while simultaniously reaching your penis around the individuals head and into their ear Urban Dictionary

A diffenetion for anybody that talks too much and you want them to shut up Urban Dictionary

Something you call when you sneeze...then you call safety if you not near a telephone or don't feel like getting up...and if you don't touch a sneeze then someone gets to punch you:) Urban Dictionary

Adv. By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone. Urban Dictionary

When you put a thumb in her butt and a pinky in her vagina using one hand, keeping the middle 3 fingers in a fist. Urban Dictionary

A common disorder precipitated by the overconsumption of alcohol causing the hammered sufferer to reach out by phone to every last person in their telephone contact list. Urban Dictionary

What people used in the 1300's and before. The telephone was often used by dinosaurs as a fetch toy. Telephones are like cell phones, only 100 times worse because they are the primitive version. The first person to make a telephone was God's great grandfather. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to telephone:
telephone, telephony, telephote, cellphone, telethon, telephoto, telephonic, telephoned, telephoner, telephones, telepheme, telethons, telefone, textphone, teleophore, eyephone.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word telephone:
switchboard, handset, fax, subscriber, voip, caller, telephony, dial, telegraph, telecom, directory, digits, broadband, numbering, calls, telecommunications, phone, prefix, switching, conversation, cellular, booth, exchange, call, poles, bell, operator, wireless, cable, provider, numbers, laboratories, internet, email, communications, boxes, lines, mobile, wire, code, networks, trunk, postal, customer, customers, switch, messages, connections, pole, companies, network, installed, relay, service, communication, connect, company, receiver, automatic, electricity, box, services, equipment, mail, connection, transmission, carrier, emergency, banking, electric, voice, calling, satellite, electrical, message, patent.

Words that rhyme with telephone:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, throne, backbone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, millstone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone, cortisone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe telephone:
public, mobile, cellular, distance, first, wireless, nearest, long, private, black, ordinary, portable, red, local, white, only, international, electric, standard, transatlantic, regular, direct, free, automatic, line, secure, digital, postal, modern, internal, fashioned, conventional, better, silent, underwater, satellite, rotary, button, non, traditional, rural, powered, commercial, dead, green, assisted, nearby, video, domestic, outside, speaking, way, electrical, residential, interstate, distant, electronic, unlisted, shore, overseas, secret, imaginary, musical, pink.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective telephone:
number, answering, lines, company, booth, utilities, calls, tapping, system, order, telegraph, directory, oper, receiver, type, channel, exchange, boxes, cellular.

Consonant match to telephone:
telefon.

Words that sound like telephone:
telephone, telefon, telefoon, telephones, telephony, telephoned, telephoner, telefone, telefono, telethon, stylophone, xylophone, mellophone, telephoto, telophase, tellen, telephoning, tail fin, tailfin, telecon, telon, cellophane, delfin, delphin, delavan, yellowfin, allophone, xylophon, diaphone, delevan, tellin, tollefson, tilan, talon, toughen, talen, tallon, telecom, elephan, telamon, telephonic, tylan, toulon, tolan, telson, telemann, tollon, telekom, stellify, telem, tell off, taillon, teilen, telethons, talien, tallan, tulipan, polyphone, telecomm, teleman, tell on, tollan, tollen, metallophone, tallinn, helfen, tillison, dolphin, cellphone, deleon, cell phone, delon, xylophones, colophon, dellen, till then, olefin, delen, cell-phone, dalphon, dolophine, telling, tiffin, tillman, tilden, tilton, talin, tallin, tyfoon, tilson, tilman, treffen, tillson, tolleson, trephine, tilghman, tisiphone, tollison, tfm, tell him.