1.  phone(n = noun.artifact) telephone, telephone set - 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"
is a kind of electronic equipment
is a part of phone system, telephone system
has parts: mouthpiece, receiver, telephone receiver
has particulars: desk phone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension, extension phone, telephone extension, french telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone
Derived form verb phone₁

2.  phone(n = noun.communication) sound, speech sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language;
is a kind of language unit, linguistic unit
is a part of utterance, vocalization
has particulars: phoneme, vowel, vowel sound, glide, semivowel, consonant, orinasal, orinasal phone, sonant, voiced sound
Derived forms verb phonate₁, adjective phonetic₂, adjective phonetic₁, adjective phonic₃, adjective phonic₂

3.  phone(n = noun.artifact) earphone, earpiece, headphone - electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
is a kind of electro-acoustic transducer
has particulars: earplug, receiver, telephone receiver

   phone(v = verb.communication) call, call up, ring, telephone - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
is one way to telecommunicate
Derived forms noun phone₁, noun phoner₁
Sample sentences: Sam cannot phone Sue ; They phone

   Colloq. for Telephone. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   a speech sound. [PJC]

phone, n. & v.tr. & intr. colloq. = TELEPHONE.

Idiom:
phone book = telephone directory. phone-in n. a broadcast programme during which the listeners or viewers telephone the studio etc. and participate.

phone, n. a simple vowel or consonant sound.

Etymology:
formed as PHONEME

N  hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung.

cell phone, cellular phone, desk phone, dial phone, extension phone, mobile phone, orinasal phone, phone bill, phone book, phone booth, phone call, phone card, phone company, phone cord, phone jack, phone line, phone message, phone number, phone plug, phone service, phone system, phone tapper