telephone

v. make a call on the telephone

n. device for conveying sounds over great distances by changing the sounds into electrical impulses

The telephone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech). Most telephones operate through transmission of electric signals over a complex telephone network which allows almost any phone user to communicate with almost anyone.
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Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert (singer/guitarist), Louis Bertignac (guitarist), Corine Marienneau (bass) and Richard Kolinka (drums).Their first, self-titled album, was released in 1977; by the end of the decade they were one of the biggest French rock bands around (along with heavy rockers Trust), opening shows for The Rolling Stones in Paris, Quebec, the United States and Japan. The band split in 1986 for personal reasons.Among their best-known songs are "Hygiaphone", "Metro c'est trop", "La bombe humaine", "Argent trop cher", "Ça (C'est vraiment toi)", "Cendrillon", "New York avec toi" and "Un autre Monde".
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Noun
1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
(synonym) phone, telephone set
(hypernym) electronic equipment
(hyponym) desk phone
(part-holonym) telephone system, phone system
(part-meronym) mouthpiece
(derivation) call, call up, phone, ring
2. transmitting speech at a distance
(synonym) telephony
(hypernym) telecommunication, telecom
(hyponym) call, phone call, telephone call
(derivation) call, call up, phone, ring
(class) call, call up, phone, ring
Verb
1. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
(synonym) call, call up, phone, ring
(hypernym) telecommunicate
(hyponym) cell phone
(entail) dial
(verb-group) call
(derivation) telephony
(classification) telephony

n. telephone, device for conveying sounds over great distances by changing the sounds into electrical impulses

v. phone, call, ring

(v. t.)
To convey or announce by telephone.
  

(n.)
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.