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phone
Overview of noun phone
The noun phone has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (15) telephone, phone, telephone set -- (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")
2. phone, speech sound, sound -- ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)
3. earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone -- (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")
Overview of verb phone
The verb phone has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) call, telephone, call up, phone, ring -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phone
3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
=> electronic equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
=> electro-acoustic transducer
=> transducer
=> electrical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun phone
3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
=> desk phone
=> dial telephone, dial phone
=> extension, telephone extension, extension phone
=> handset, French telephone
=> pay-phone, pay-station
=> radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone
=> speakerphone
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
=> phoneme
=> vowel, vowel sound
=> semivowel, glide
=> consonant
=> orinasal phone, orinasal
=> sonant, voiced sound
Sense 3
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
=> telephone receiver, receiver
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phone
3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
=> electronic equipment
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
=> language unit, linguistic unit
Sense 3
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
=> electro-acoustic transducer
Antonyms of noun phone
Member Holonyms of noun phone
Substance Holonyms of noun phone
Part Holonyms of noun phone
2 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
PART OF: telephone system, phone system
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Member Meronyms of noun phone
Substance Meronyms of noun phone
Part Meronyms of noun phone
1 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
HAS PART: mouthpiece
HAS PART: telephone receiver, receiver
Meronyms of noun phone
1 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
HAS PART: mouthpiece
HAS PART: telephone receiver, receiver
Holonyms of noun phone
2 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
PART OF: telephone system, phone system
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Attributes of noun phone
Derived Forms of noun phone
2 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
RELATED TO>(verb) phone#1
=> call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
RELATED TO>(adj) phonic#2
=> phonic
RELATED TO>(adj) phonic#3
=> phonetic, phonic
RELATED TO>(adj) phonetic#1
=> phonetic, phonic
RELATED TO>(adj) phonetic#2
=> phonetic
RELATED TO>(verb) phonate#1
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
Domain of noun phone
1 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
TOPIC>(noun) phonetics#1
Domain Terms of noun phone
Familiarity of noun phone
phone used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun phone
3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
> electronic equipment
=> amplifier
=> audio system, sound system
=> cassette player
=> CD player
=> central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe
=> circuitry
=> detector
=> equalizer, equaliser
=> lens, electron lens
=> mixer
=> modem
=> monitor
=> monitor
=> off-line equipment, auxiliary equipment
=> oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
=> peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device
=> playback
=> radio-phonograph, radio-gramophone
=> scrambler
=> set
=> tape deck
=> tape player
=> telephone, phone, telephone set
=> television equipment, video equipment
=> terminal
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
> language unit, linguistic unit
=> discourse
=> word
=> syllable
=> lexeme
=> morpheme
=> formative
=> name
=> collocation
=> phone, speech sound, sound
=> sign
Sense 3
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
> electro-acoustic transducer
=> cartridge, pickup
=> earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
=> loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
=> microphone, mike
Meronyms of noun phone
3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
HAS PART: mouthpiece
HAS PART: telephone receiver, receiver
=> electronic equipment
HAS PART: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
HAS PART: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser
HAS PART: choke, choke coil, choking coil
HAS PART: relay, electrical relay
HAS PART: electromagnet
HAS PART: armature
HAS PART: resistor, resistance
HAS PART: short circuit, short
HAS PART: shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
HAS PART: tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve
HAS PART: anode
HAS PART: cathode
HAS PART: electrode
HAS PART: grid, control grid
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: electrode
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
=> electro-acoustic transducer
HAS PART: diaphragm
=> transducer
=> electrical device
HAS PART: terminal, pole
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun phone
2 of 3 senses of phone
Sense 1
telephone, phone, telephone set
PART OF: telephone system, phone system
Sense 2
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Grep of noun phone
acoustic gramophone
allophone
capacitor microphone
cardioid microphone
cellphone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
chordophone
condenser microphone
crystal microphone
desk phone
dial phone
dial telephone
diaphone
dictaphone
directional microphone
earphone
extension phone
french telephone
gramophone
headphone
heckelphone
homophone
hydromorphone
interphone
megaphone
membranophone
microphone
mobile phone
orinasal phone
pay-phone
persephone
phone
phone-in
phone bill
phone book
phone booth
phone call
phone card
phone company
phone cord
phone jack
phone line
phone message
phone number
phone plug
phone service
phone system
phone tapper
phonebook
phoneme
phonemic system
phonemics
phoner
phonetic alphabet
phonetic symbol
phonetic transcription
phonetician
phonetics
phoney
polyphone
radio-gramophone
radiophone
radiotelephone
saxophone
sousaphone
speakerphone
telephone
tisiphone
vibraphone
wireless telephone
xylophone
Antonyms of verb phone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
=> telecommunicate
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
=> cell phone
=> call in
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
=> telecommunicate
'Cause To' of verb phone
Derived Forms of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
RELATED TO>(noun) phone#1
=> telephone, phone, telephone set
RELATED TO>(noun) phoner#1
=> caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner
Domain of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
TOPIC>(noun) telephone#2, telephony#1
Domain Terms of verb phone
Familiarity of verb phone
phone used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
EX: Sam cannot phone Sue
EX: They phone
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb phone
1 sense of phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
> telecommunicate
=> call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
=> telex
=> cable, telegraph, wire
=> fax, telefax, facsimile
=> e-mail, email, netmail
=> call
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb phone
Sense 1
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
=> telecommunicate
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Grep of verb phone
cell phone
phone
telephone
Grep of adj phone
phonemic
phonetic
phoney
Grep of adv phone
phonemic
phonetically
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