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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 | ||
| Samples | I talked to him on the telephone. | ||
| Synonyms | phone, 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 holonym | mouthpiece, receiver, telephone receiver | ||
| Part meronym | phone system, telephone system | ||
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