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TELEPHONE RECEIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone receiver mean?
• TELEPHONE RECEIVER (noun)
The noun TELEPHONE RECEIVER has 1 sense:
1. earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
Familiarity information: TELEPHONE RECEIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
receiver; telephone receiver
Hypernyms ("telephone receiver" is a kind of...):
earphone; earpiece; headphone; phone (electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone receiver"):
headset (receiver consisting of a pair of headphones)
Holonyms ("telephone receiver" is a part 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)
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