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phone

Pronunciation: (fōn), [key]
—n., v.t., v.i., phoned, phon•ing.
telephone.

phone

Pronunciation: (fōn), [key]
—n. Phonet.
a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.” Cf. allophone, phoneme.

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a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone).

phonation

phone-in

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