Source : WordNet®

phone
     n 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" [syn: {telephone}, {telephone set}]
     2: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
        concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
        language [syn: {speech sound}, {sound}]
     3: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals
        into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it
        was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
        [syn: {earphone}, {earpiece}, {headphone}]

phone
     v : 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" [syn: {call}, {telephone},
          {call up}, {ring}]