noun
plural -phones
[noncount] :a system that uses wires and radio signals to send sounds (such as people's voices) over long distances :phone
[count] :a device that is connected to a telephone system and that you use to listen or speak to someone who is somewhere else :phone
on the telephone
using a telephone to talk to someone
Brit :connected to a telephone system
verb
-phones; -phoned; -phoning
to speak or try to speak to (someone) using a telephone :to call or phone (someone) [+ obj]