phone

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”

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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”

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”