phone

phone (http://definr.com/phone)

     n 1: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical
          signals that can be transmitted over distances and then
          converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to
          him on the telephone" [syn: telephone, telephone set]
     2: (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without
        concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
        language [syn: speech sound, sound]
     3: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals
        into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it
        was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
        [syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone]
     v : get or try to get into communication (with someone) by
         telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two
         aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone,
          call up, ring]