The customer gets the best possible price for his old handset.
Source: tatoeba (8293189)
Handset
//ˈhæn(d)sɛt//
Synonyms for "handset" (4 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 話筒 /话筒 noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Czech
1 entries- sluchátko noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Danish
1 entries- telefonrør noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Finnish
2 entries- käsipuhelin noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- luuri noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
French
2 entries- combiné noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- combiné téléphonique noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
German
1 entries- der Hörer, der Telefonhörer noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Italian
1 entries- cornetta noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Japanese
2 entries- 受話器 noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- 送受話器 noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Polish
2 entries- aparat noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- słuchawka noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Russian
2 entries- телефо́нная тру́бка noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- тру́бка noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Swedish
2 entries- lur noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
- telefonlur noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Thai
1 entries- หู noun (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The telephone rang; Mary picked up the handset. "Baker," she answered. – "Hello, Mary!" – "Oh, papa, it's you! It's such a surprise that you're calling! Has something happened?" – "No, nothing has happened. I just wanted to hear how it's going for you."
Source: tatoeba (10268877)
The handset broke in two.
Source: tatoeba (10753588)
Helen hears the click of the handset at the other end of the line.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.