telephone receiver
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telephone receiver — ☆ telephone receiver n. see RECEIVER (sense 2b) … English World dictionary
telephone receiver — noun earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds • Syn: ↑receiver • Hypernyms: ↑earphone, ↑earpiece, ↑headphone, ↑phone • Hyponyms: ↑headset … Useful english dictionary
telephone receiver — handset, part of a telephone equipped with a speaker and microphone and used to conduct telephone conversations … English contemporary dictionary
telephone receiver — a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
telephone receiver — That part of a telephone handset which converts electrical energy into sound … IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations
receiver — n. part of a telephone 1) to pick up the receiver 2) to hang up, put down, replace a receiver 3) a telephone receiver radio 4) a shortwave receiver one who catches a forward pass (Am. football) 5) to hit; spot a receiver (to spot a receiver down… … Combinatory dictionary
receiver — Synonyms and related words: Christian, God fearing man, TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, accepter, accountant, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, believer, bookkeeper, bursar, cabinet, call box, cashier,… … Moby Thesaurus
telephone — Synonyms and related words: blower, buzz, call, call box, call up, carbon telephone, coin telephone, desk telephone, dial, dial telephone, extension, give a ring, handset, hang up, hold the phone, horn, listen in, make a call, mouthpiece, pay… … Moby Thesaurus
telephone booth — Synonyms and related words: call box, coin telephone, desk telephone, dial telephone, extension, mouthpiece, pay station, phone, public telephone, push button telephone, receiver, telephone, telephone engineering, telephone extension, telephone… … Moby Thesaurus
telephone set — noun 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 • Syn: ↑telephone, ↑phone • Derivationally related… … Useful english dictionary
