phone
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Noun 3 meanings
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
“Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.”
A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Verb 2 meanings
To call (someone) using a telephone.
“Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.”
To say via telephone.
Etymology
Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.
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PHONE at a glance
PHONE has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + H 4 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #479 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with phone
All rhymesOne letter away
- PRONE7
- PHONY13
- SHONE8
- RHONE8
- PHONO10
- OHONE8
- PHENE10
- PHONS10
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