TELEPHONE SET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone set mean? 

• TELEPHONE SET (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONE SET has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE SET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phone; telephone; telephone set

Context example:

I talked to him on the telephone

Hypernyms ("telephone set" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "telephone set"):

mouthpiece (an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks)

receiver; telephone receiver (earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone set"):

desk phone (a telephone set that sits on a desk or table)

dial phone; dial telephone (a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called)

extension; extension phone; telephone extension (an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line)

French telephone; handset (telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle)

pay-phone; pay-station (a coin-operated telephone)

radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone (a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables)

speakerphone (a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time)

Holonyms ("telephone set" is a part of...):

phone system; telephone system (a communication system that transmits sound between distant points)