phone

  1. Noun.  A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
  3. Noun.  (linguistics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

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