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]