Phones

//fəʊnz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of phone form-of, plural
  2. 2
    headphones informal, plural, plural-only

    "I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of phone form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms
callcallearphoneringtelephonetelephone

Example

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"You don't see many dial phones around anymore."

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