Main entry: telephone, telephone set, phone
Definition: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
Usage: I talked to him on the telephone
Main entry: telephone, telephony
Definition: transmitting speech at a distance
Main entry: ring, phone, call, call up, telephone
Definition: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Usage: I tried to call you all night; Take two aspirin and call me in the morning