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phone: Meaning and Definition of
phone
Pronunciation: (fōn), [key]
— phoned, phon•ing.
- telephone.
phone
Pronunciation: (fōn), [key]
— n. Phonet.
- a speech sound:Cf. There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”
-phone
Pronunciation: [key]
- a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone).
See also:
- phone (Thesaurus)
