telephone set

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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" phone, telephone 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 electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) extension phone, telephone extension, 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 mouthpiece - an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks 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 telephone receiver, receiver - earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds phone system, telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points