phone

(noun) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds. Synonyms: telephone, telephone set. Example: "I talked to him on the telephone."

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

(noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear. Synonyms: earphone, earpiece, headphone. Example: "It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked."

(verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. Synonyms: call, telephone, call up, ring. Examples: "I tried to call you all night." "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning."