From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, phone,
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: phone, 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 1: 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, phone, ring]