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phone

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) phone (noun)
  2. 2) phone (noun)
  3. 3) phone (verb)
  4. -phone (noun combining form)
  5. -phone (adjective combining form)
  6. phone card (noun)
  7. phone-in (noun)
  8. phone sex (noun)
  9. phone tag (noun)
  10. cell phone (noun)
  11. hand phone (noun)
  12. pay phone (noun)

1phone

noun \ˈfōn\

Definition of PHONE

: a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language

Origin of PHONE

Greek phōnē
First Known Use: circa 1866

Rhymes with PHONE

blown, bone, clone, cone, crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, hone, known, loan, lone, moan, Mon, none, own, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, Saône, scone, sone, stone, throne, tone, zone

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