TELEPHONE Related Words

Hypernym

• electronic equipment

  equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

• telecommunication, telecom

  (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically

• telecommunicate

  communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail

Part_holonym

• telephone system, phone system

  a communication system that transmits sound between distant points

Derivation

• call, telephone, call up, phone, ring

  get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• telephonic

  of or relating to telephony

• telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard operator

  someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

• ringing, tintinnabulation

  the sound of a bell ringing

• telephone set

  electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

• caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner

  the person initiating a telephone call

• telephony

  transmitting speech at a distance

• phone call, telephone call

  a telephone connection

Hyponym

• desk phone

  a telephone set that sits on a desk or table

• dial telephone, dial phone

  a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called

• extension, telephone extension, extension phone

  an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

• handset, French telephone

  telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle

• pay-phone, pay-station

  a coin-operated telephone

• radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone

  a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables

• speakerphone

  a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker

• voice mail, voicemail

  a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls

• call, phone call, telephone call

  a telephone connection

• call forwarding

  lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct

• call waiting

  a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone

Part_meronym

• mouthpiece

  an acoustic device

• telephone receiver, receiver

  earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

Member_topic

• cell phone

  call up by using a cellular phone

• call in

  make a phone call

• dial

  operate a dial to select a telephone number

• hang on, hold the line, hold on

  hold the phone line open

Entailment

Domain_topic

• telephone, telephony

  transmitting speech at a distance

Verb_group

• call

  send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.