Phone
[fəʊn] or [fon]
Definition
(noun.) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Examples
- I went to the phone and called the doctor. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- No one answered the phone for a long time. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He kept on with the phone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Lieutenant-Colonel went over to the desk and pushed the two phones close together so that one touched the officer's head on either side. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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