All phone synonyms
phone
P p noun phone
- headset — Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
- consonants — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- affricate — a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- diphthong — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- diphthongs — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- mobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
- handset — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
verb phone
- call up — If you call someone up, you telephone them.
- communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- bleep — A bleep is a short, high-pitched sound, usually one of a series, that is made by an electrical device.
- contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- get through — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- bleeping — (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- get back to — resume
- dial — A dial is the part of a machine or instrument such as a clock or watch which shows you the time or a measurement that has been recorded.
- let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.