Meaning & use
telephone
A device used to transmit and receive spoken conversation over long distances.
See it in a sentence
She picked up the telephone as soon as it began to ring.
Before smartphones, most homes had only one shared telephone in the hallway.
A note on using this word
"Telephone" is somewhat formal; "phone" is the common everyday shortened term.
Words with a similar meaning
phone
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