phone

Meanings

1. 1
   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 them on the phone.

2. 2
   verb

   get or try to get into communication with someone by telephone

   I'm going to phone the school in the morning.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.

   It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone

5. 5
   verb

   To call (someone) using a telephone.

   Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.

6. 6
   noun

   (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

7. 7
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).