telephone

Words with a similar base: telephone, telephone_set

'telephone'

[telephone.n.01] as in: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Examples:
I talked to him on the telephone

'telephone'

[telephone.n.02] as in: transmitting speech at a distance

'telephone'

[call.v.03] as in: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Examples:
I tried to call you all night
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning

Origins

					telephone (English)
├── -phone (English)
│   └── φωνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── tele- (English)
    └── τῆλε (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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