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English noun: telephone set

1. telephone set (artifact) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds


SamplesI talked to him on the telephone.


Synonymsphone, telephone


Broader (hypernym)electronic equipment


Narrower (hyponym)desk phone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension, extension phone, French telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, speakerphone, telephone extension, wireless telephone


Part holonymmouthpiece, receiver, telephone receiver


Part meronymphone system, telephone system









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