Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
- 2transitive verb
To convey or announce by telephone.
- 3noun
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"
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- 4noun
transmitting speech at a distance
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- 5verb
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"
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