telephone

telephone is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
2. transitive verb. To convey or announce by telephone.
3. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: phone

4. noun. transmitting speech at a distance

   Synonyms: telephony

5. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: call, phone, ring

Synonyms

phone, telephony, call, ring

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in telephone:

phenetole

Common word forms

telephoned, telephoner, telephones, telephoning

Words from these letters

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