Telephone set Uncommon

Origin: Greek prefix tele-

Definitions

Noun

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"

telephone phone telephone set

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

electronic equipment

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

desk phone dial telephone extension handset pay-phone radiotelephone speakerphone

Rhyming Words

set unset biset coset inset enset onset muset osset poset upset reset beset roset asset verset gifset cogset misset closet

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