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plural phones
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. examples
third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned
(transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone. examples
(phonetics) 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. examples