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telephone
Definition 1 (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
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We were tipped off on the telephone. By a man named Higgins.
The telephone.
He told me to telephone him. You wait here, eh?
Our newsmen, who have been on the telephone talking with officials of other cities...
Definition 2 (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
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I told them to take it out of the window since you telephoned me. Thanks.
A woman, startled by the sight in the sky, telephones the police.