HANDSET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handset mean? 

• HANDSET (noun)
  The noun HANDSET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HANDSET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDSET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

French telephone; handset

Hypernyms ("handset" is a kind of...):

phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)

Meronyms (parts of "handset"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)