| Alexander Graham Bell |
U.S. inventor of the telephone (b.1847--d.1922). |
| answering machine |
a device connected to a telephone that records an incoming message from a caller when the telephone is not answered. |
| area code |
in the United States and Canada, any of the three-digit codes that identify the regional telephone districts into which the countries are divided. [2 definitions] |
| buzz |
(informal) a call on the telephone. [2/9 definitions] |
| caber |
a long wooden pole, resembling a telephone pole, that is hoisted at one end and then thrown end over end to demonstrate strength, esp. in Scottish Highland games. |
| call |
to telephone. [2/22 definitions] |
| call back |
to continue a telephone conversation with (someone) at a later time, or to return someone's telephone call. |
| call box |
a box containing a telephone, posted on a street or highway, and used to make emergency calls. [2 definitions] |
| call girl |
a female prostitute who may be hired by telephone. |
| call-in |
a telephone conversation between a listener or viewer and a radio or television host, which is broadcast on the host's show. [2 definitions] |
| calling card |
a small card with one's name and sometimes address and telephone number printed on it, used when making business and social visits. |
| call up |
(informal) to telephone (someone); make a call to. [1/2 definitions] |
| cell phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cell phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cellular phone. |
| cellular phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cellular phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cell phone; mobile phone. |
| check in |
to telephone or appear in person, esp. periodically, so as to obtain information or confirm one's interest or involvement. [1/2 definitions] |
| climber |
a device with sharp spikes that attaches to the shoe or leg and is used in climbing trees or telephone poles. [1/4 definitions] |
| communication |
(pl.) means of transferring messages, such as telephone, telegraph, television, radio, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| conference call |
a telephone conversation or discussion in which three or more people participate at the same time. |
| cordless phone |
a telephone that consists of a battery-operated handset that communicates across short distances via radio waves to an electrically-powered unit that must be connected to a telephone line in order to function. |
| cross talk |
interference, as on a telephone, radio, or other electronic receiver, by other sound or radio signals from another channel. [1/2 definitions] |
| cut off |
of a telephone service or operator, to interrupt (someone) during a call by breaking the connection. [1/8 definitions] |