WordWeb Online

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"; "I talked to him on the telephone set"
   - phone, telephone set
    
2. Transmitting speech at a distance
   - telephony

1. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
   "I tried to telephone you all night"
   - call, call up, phone, ring

Derived forms: telephones, telephoned, telephoning

See also: telephoner

Type of: electronic equipment, telecom, telecommunicate, telecommunication

Part of: phone system, telephone system

Encyclopedia: Telephone Telephone, TX Telephone, Texas