| 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. |
| 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. |
| pay phone |
a usu. coin-operated public telephone. |
| phone booth |
a small enclosed structure containing a public telephone. |
| phone box |
(chiefly British) a small enclosed structure containing a public telephone; phone booth. |
| phone number |
a short form of telephone number. |