Webster's English Dictionary

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telephone

1. tele.phone \'tel-*-.fo-n\ n : an instrument for reproducing sounds at a 
   distance; specif : one  in which sound is converted into electrical 
   impulses for transmission over wire
2. telephone vi : to communicate by telephone  1: to send by telephone  2: 
   to speak to by telephone  - tele.phon.er n