- telephone⇄cellular phone ortelephone
a mobile telephone unit, especially in a motor vehicle, capable of extending communication over a wide geographical area by means of low-power radio transmitters linking many smaller areas called cells. - telephone⇄mobile phoneortelephone,cellular phone.
- telephone⇄noun 1. an apparatus for sending sound or speech to a distant point over wires usually by means of electricity.
2. the process of, or system for, doing this. (Abbr:) tel. - telephone⇄telephone, noun, verb, -phoned,-phoning.
- telephone⇄v.i. to speak on the telephone.
Ex. We can telephone to your mother for a car (John Galsworthy). - telephone⇄v.t. 1. to talk to or summon by telephone.
Ex. He decided ... to telephone her and free himself from the engagement (Sinclair Lewis).
2. to send (a message) by telephone.