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telephone
'telephone' - used as a noun
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
2. transmitting speech at a distance

'telephone' - used as a verb
3. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

derived forms
1. Telephone / Plural
telephones
2. Telephone / Past
telephoned
3. Telephone / Third Person
telephones
4. Telephone / Present Participle
telephoning
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. - Click here to find out.
Fact of the day
When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.