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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 soundsplay

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONE RECEIVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TELEPHONE RECEIVER (noun)


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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