Interphone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of intercom.

    "I arrive on time and ring the interphone. Mrs C opens the door with the buzzer and I cross the courtyard and take the lift. When I reach her floor she is waiting for me in front of the door."

  2. 2
    a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc wordnet

Synonyms

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intercom

Example

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"We asked him on the interphone if he could come downstairs quickly."

Etymology

From inter- + phone.

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